Tag: Ronda Rousey

Ronda Rousey hasn’t attended a UFC event in years and she says she likely won’t be attending one anytime soon.

However, Rousey says a big reason why she isn’t attending UFC events is because she doesn’t think the fans would receive her well. Ultimately, Rousey says she doesn’t want to attend UFC events as she thinks the fans wouldn’t be too kind to her.

“It’s just one of those things, I don’t want to go to a stadium full of people for fun,” Ronda Rousey told CBS Sports. “I’d rather be out on my farm or the beach or something else like that. I think I’d just have to have a reason to go. If my kids end up fighting or something like that or someone that I ended up coaching ends up fighting, I would go. It’s not really my scene anymore.

“When I was younger, I wanted to put on a hot dress and go to the fights and hang out with everybody and now I’m kind of just like an old lady that wants to sit home and sip tea. Plus, I wouldn’t want to go just to be like ‘I wonder how people are going to react to me.’ I would want to have a reason to go or something.”

As Rousey says, the only way she will attend a UFC event is if her kid ends up fighting, or if someone she coaches ends up fighting. It is a bit disappointing as Rousey is an all-time great, but she doesn’t feel the love from MMA fans as she should.

Ronda Rousey not ruling out her kids competing in MMA

Although Ronda Rousey has dealt with the highs and lows of MMA and has gotten concussed countless times, she isn’t ruling out her kids competing in MMA.

Rousey says she won’t force it on her kids, but if they want to compete in MMA, she will make sure they are trained to the best of their ability.

“If they wanted to [fight], I would do everything that I could to make sure they’re as great as possible, but I would never push them towards it,” Ronda Rousey said. “You can’t make somebody fight. It’s something that’s inside of you that you can’t help. I’ll make sure they know how to fight because it’s a survival skill, and I think it builds a lot of discipline. It’s very character developing and all of that. Whether or not they want to compete, it’s up to them.”

Rousey finished her MMA career with a 12-2 record and last competed in 2016 when she was TKO’d by Amanda Nunes in 48 seconds.

Inaugural UFC bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey has revealed she had initially started dealing with concussion-like symptoms at just 6-years-old – claiming her career in combat sports could have gone much differently if she avoided neurological issues.

Rousey, a former undisputed bantamweight champion under the banner of the UFC, called time on her combat sports career following back-to-back knockout losses to former champions, Amanda Nunes, and Holly Holm back in 2015, and 2016, respectively. 

And forever linked with a return to mixed martial arts – particularly for this year’s huge UFC 300 card, Rousey had revealed she was dealing with numerous neurological issues early on in her career in combat sports.

Furthermore, the Riverside grappler claimed she had suffered a concussion in the days ahead of her infamous title fight with Albuquerque rival, Holm, and detailed how even jab strikes during his career in the UFC left her dealing with neurological issues.

Ronda Rousey reveals concussions issues suffered at just 6 years old

Opening up further on her history with injuries, Rousey claimed at just 6 years of age, she suffered from concussion-like symptoms.

“If the concussions weren’t an issue, things would’ve happened completely differently,” Ronda Rousey told CBS Sports during a recent interview. “Accumulative neurological injuries is something people don’t talk about in MMA. It’s something that everybody is dealing with at a different pace. I started dealing with it at 6 years old. I started getting concussions much earlier on in swimming. Two kids doing a backstroke in the other direction crack heads or hit the wall during the backstroke.”

“I started doing judo at a young age and kept getting concussions regularly and multiple times a year and not being allowed to speak up or say anything about it,” Ronda Rousey continued. “As a fighter, you’re not supposed to show any weaknesses or talk about things like that or the inevitable neurological decline that comes with taking headshots. A lot of people talk about it as if it’s making excuses or weakness.”

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