After a year-long layoff, former women’s bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey, will make her long-awaited return to the Octagon against reigning 135-pound queenpin, Amanda Nunes, at UFC 207, which takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Dec. 30, 2016.
More on how that fight came to be right here.
Her comeback will be a boon for UFC — Rousey is the mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion’s biggest star. But, even better, company president Dana White “promised” that if “Rowdy” defeats Nunes that he will finally make the match for which fight fans have clamored endlessly: Ronda Rousey vs. Cris Cyborg!
Get it straight from the horse’s mouth here.
Rousey is the odds-on betting favorite for her showdown with “Lioness” (see the numbers here), but the Brazilian champion insists all the pressure is on the returning Judoka, who must prove to the world she’s still the best female fighter on the planet.
Who ya’ got?