Ronda Rousey News

Tom Taylor - January 29, 2018

Last night, during the action packed Royal Rumble broadcast, we learned that former UFC women’s bantamweight queen Ronda Rousey had signed with WWE, where she’ll debut at WrestleMania in April. While this news created a tidal wave of excitement among Rousey fans, it also seemed to serve as the eulogy for her MMA career.

Tom Taylor - January 29, 2018

EXCLUSIVE: @RondaRousey offers her candid thoughts just moments after shocking the @WWEUniverse at @WWE #RoyalRumble! pic.twitter.com/Ho3HOS8jo9 — WWE (@WWE) January 29, 2018

Tom Taylor - January 29, 2018

In the midst of last night’s Royal Rumble event, we learned that former UFC women’s bantamweight champ and WMMA trailblazer Ronda Rousey had signed on as a full-time wrestler. Unsurprisingly, this news drove the combat sports community into an absolute frenzy. Here’s how people on social media reacted to this huge news:

Chris Taylor - January 28, 2018

Ronda Rousey signs with the WWE! Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is officially a full-time professional wrestler.

Chris Taylor - January 28, 2018

Joanna Jedrzejczyk claims that Ronda Rousey “had a terrible weight cut” before fighting Holly Holm. Joanna Jedrzejczyk suffered the first setback of her UFC career this past November at UFC 217.

Drake Riggs - January 10, 2018

Last night, one of the UFC’s all-time biggest stars was seen possibly advancing closer to her next career. Former UFC and Strikeforce Bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey has been rumored to be eventually making the leap on over to the wrestling entertainment world for a good while now. The top organization for professional wrestling is the WWE and one of Rousey’s close friends, Shayna Baszler has already made the full jump over as she’s now on their main roster. Rousey has already done a promo for the WWE…so the foundation has been laid out for her to really make the transition.

Justin Golightly - December 7, 2017

At the end of the month, one of the biggest women’s MMA fights of all-time will go down at UFC 219. Holly Holm will step into the Octagon to challenge Cris Cyborg for her women’s UFC featherweight title. A huge fight like this with such high stakes hearkens back to when Holm fought Ronda Rousey and finished her to become the women’s bantamweight champion in Australia. That feeling can’t help but conjure up images for Tito Ortiz of the fight that never was — Cris Cyborg versus Ronda Rousey —  and he thinks the fans deserve to have that happen. “I think the fans deserve [the fight between Cris Cyborg and Ronda Rousey]. Cris deserves it, and for sure I think Ronda deserves it after everything she’s said about Cris. If you’re ever gonna’ talk about somebody, at least step in the cage and try to prove yourself. But she’s afraid to do it, I understand. There’s many women who are afraid to fight Cris, and I’d just say the proof is in the pudding of how dangerous Cris truly is. If that fight’s in front of her it shows that UFC are able to once again put a great, huge fight together.”

Justin Golightly - December 6, 2017

Ronda Rousey hasn’t been inside the Octagon for nearly a year now, but she hasn’t been sitting around doing nothing. She got married to UFC heavyweight Travis Browne, is releasing multiple business ventures including her own website, and she’s been all over the WWE Universe. It hasn’t been an accident. Even when she was supporting her best friend Shayna Baszler’s introduction into the professional wrestling promotion, it all felt like it was building towards something. Now, it looks like the deal is done. Two people close to Rousey told USA TODAY Sports that she is finalizing details of her move to WWE. These mystery people can be listed, because they requested to be anonymous since the news hasn’t been announced yet. A @WWE publicou este vídeo no seu site: “Becky, Charlotte and Bayley confront Ronda Rousey and The Four Horsewomen”https://t.co/rppovLgvOS

Justin Golightly - October 26, 2017

After months and months of speculation, it looks like Ronda Rousey has finally signed on the dotted line with the WWE. According to Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Rousey is not only training at the WWE’s performance center, but preparing for a huge match at Wrestlemania 34 in New Orleans. It would pit pro-wrestling’s all-female Four Horsewomen against MMA’s Four Horsewomen: Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks and Bayley wrestling Ronda Rousey, Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir.  Everything changes now…… https://t.co/k0rDxSwKTV

Tom Taylor - October 18, 2017

For a time, Ronda Rousey stood out as the best female mixed martial artist on earth. She was the picture of dominance, destroying whoever the UFC threw at her with apparent ease, from Miesha Tate, to Cat Zingano to Bethe Correia. Then, it all came crashing down. After being knocked senseless by a Holly Holm head kick, Rousey retreated into the shadows for over a year. And after being clobbered by Amanda Nunes in her long-awaited comeback fight, there is now real doubt that she’ll ever fight again.

Tom Taylor - October 16, 2017

It has now been almost a year since Ronda Rousey‘s last fight: an abrupt, December 2016 knockout loss to reigning UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. This last Rousey fight, meanwhile, was preceded by an even longer layoff, as her next most recent fight occurred all the way back in November of 2015, when she was knocked out by a Holly Holm head kick. Given Rousey’s recent inactivity, there is a common perception that she will never fight again. UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley shares this opinion, though he does believe there is one possible opponent who could lure Rousey back to the cage: fellow MMA trailblazer Gina Carano.

Justin Golightly - October 11, 2017

Ronda Rousey is out enjoying married life and a new co-owner position at a supplement company. However, the fans still want to know what the future holds for the former UFC champion. Even if MMA is out of the question, the idea that she may transition to pro wrestling has been teased for a long time. It all started back when she appeared at Wrestlemania at the height of her career to Judo throw Triple H. Now that her friend and Four Horsewomen member Shayna Baszler had entered the fold, it’s been more and more likely that she’ll sign on as well. She’s still mum on the subject, but hinted she doesn’t want to ruin anything. “If you were a real [wrestling] fan, would you really want to know [if I was making my debut]? No, you wouldn’t. My best friends that are out there wrestling, like Shayna [Baszler], I don’t ever even want her to tell me anything that will ever happen [in the WWE] because I enjoy it more that way and I don’t want to ruin anything. We are at a crossroads and we have the luxury of time.” – Ronda Rousey to TMZ.

Tom Taylor - September 25, 2017

Back in December of 2016, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey returned from a lengthy hiatus and attempted to re-capture the title in a scrap with reigning champion Amanda Nunes. This attempt, as any fan will remember, went disastrously, as Rousey was brutally beaten down by Nunes in less than a minute. In advance of this fight, Rousey participated in almost no media appearances– an extremely unprecedented thing for a star of her caliber. On the latest episode of The MMA Hour, Rousey’s controversial head coach Edmond Tarverdyan explained the reasons for her total media blackout in the buildup to UFC 207.

Russell Ess - September 19, 2017

You often hear in the sport of mixed martial arts that fighters experience the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. In most cases, it isn’t just the fighters competing in the bout that experience the rollercoaster of emotions but their team is also on the ride with them. Coaches and training partners who spend their time and efforts preparing for a fight also experience the joy of winning and sorrow of losing.

Tom Taylor - September 18, 2017

Back in November of 2015, the seemingly unbeatable Ronda Rousey stepped into the cage with former boxing champ Holly Holm for what was expected to be yet another lopsided title defense. Then, Holly Holm kicked her head into the Kuiper Belt. After this shocking loss, Rousey disappeared from the limelight almost completely. Though discussions surrounding her fighting future were common, she rarely appeared in public or partook in any interactions with the press.

Justin Golightly - September 13, 2017

Everyone knows Ronda Rousey and what her presence brings to any appearance or event, but it was one of her friends that enjoyed the spotlight during WWE’s all-women Mae Young Classic tournament. Shayna Baszler tore through the tourney, the former UFC fighter blending pro wrestling with her combat skills in exciting ways. Meanwhile, Rousey took a backseat and cheered on one of her own from the stands with the other members of her Four Horsewomen. Well look who's here...

Justin Golightly - August 31, 2017

Ronda Rousey can do anything. Despite her two-fight losing streak in the UFC, Rousey has the star power to jump into any other sport, or come back to the Octagon anytime she wants. With movies and television also an open door for Rousey, it’s the wrestling ring that seems to lure her the most. Her entire namesake is based on  the late “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and she’s recently been seen on WWE TV, cheering on her friend Shayna Baszler in the promotion’s all-female Mae Young Classic tournament. Rumors buzzed about Rousey and the WWE, but nothing concrete was ever released. Now, Triple H just gave us a hint that it may be close. “First of all, [Ronda Rousey]’s got to stop throwing me around the ring. The last time I was in the ring with her, Ronda threw threw me from one side to the other. I didn’t like that very much. Ronda is a huge fan. That’s not been a secret, that’s where the ‘Rowdy’ Ronda comes from. She’s definitely interested and we’re having conversations. I’ll say it right here on ESPN, if she wants the opportunity [to wrestle for the WWE] I’d be willing to give it to her.”

Tom Taylor - August 30, 2017

While Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor‘s battle raged in the the desert town of Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night, former UFC women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey and her beau, UFC heavyweight Travis Browne, tied the knot in Hawaii. From the looks of it, it was a gorgeous wedding. Unsurprisingly, this wedding was a pretty exclusive affair. That said, a well-known trio of Rousey training partners in Jessamyn Duke, Shayna Baszler and Marina Shafir were obviously on site for the festivities. At some point in the night, Rousey and the three women, who together compose a quartet nicknamed The Four Horsewomen, posed for an awesome photo. See it below: