Ronda Rousey: Strikeforce Champ Lights Up ESPN Body Issue

Ronda Rousey can fight, specifically she is a vicious submission artist. Her fighting style is exciting and aggressive. She may be set to excite her fans in a new way.Once they get a load of the Strikeforce champ in the new ESPN the Body issue, it’ll c…

Ronda Rousey can fight, specifically she is a vicious submission artist. Her fighting style is exciting and aggressive. She may be set to excite her fans in a new way.

Once they get a load of the Strikeforce champ in the new ESPN the Body issue, it’ll change the way you look at her.

For those that are unaware of the concept, ESPN does an annual issue of their self-titled magazine that shows prominent athletes “tastefully” nude.

Rousey is one of the athletes that appear this year, and she does not disappoint. She and surfer Maya Gabeira stole the show for me. Click here to see the full slideshow.

The 5’6″, 135 pound Rousey hails from Venice, California, and she certainly has a body fit for the beach—or the cage, the swimming pool, the grocery store or wherever else she lets you take her.

One look at these pictures, and if you didn’t already know, you would never guess that this young lady goes by the name: Rowdy Ronda.

She is the current Strikeforce bantamweight champion, having defeated all of her opponents via armbar. Her base discipline is Judo, and she is so accomplished in that discipline that she qualified for the 2004 Olympic team at 17 years old.

Now she’s 25 years old, and most would agree that she has grown up nicely.

She was already gaining popularity because of her fighting skills; this will only augment her rise. Ronda, I salute you for your multitude of talents and girl-next-door sexiness.

 

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