In 2005, Ronda Rousey was just 17 years old and had to pick up 40-year-old Grace Jividen. When asked about her fight, Rousey explained that it was like she was competing against her mother for her. “It was like fighting with my mom.” It made a lot of sense considering Rousey’s mother, Ann Marie Rousey, was Jividen’s teammate in 1981.
The event took place at the US Olympics team trials event at the San Jose event center. Rousey and Jividen fought in the 63-pound division to get into the Olympic team.
“I thought I was going in 2008” Rousey said after winning the match. “I never thought I’d go now. I’m just in shock. It will take some getting used to.”
Later in 2008 Beijing OlympicsRowdy won the bronze medal in the women’s 70kg judo. After that, she finally shifted her focus to mixed martial arts in 2011.
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Ronda Rousey’s journey from Olympic medalist to main event WrestleMania
Ronda Rousey’s first major MMA break came as part of StrikeForce, where she was the last Women’s Bantamweight Champion before being bought by the UFC. Automatically, Rousey was crowned the presumed champion of the UFC minor welterweight division and remained in that position for a long time. In those days, Rowdy was the face of the UFC and therefore earned a lot of money. it was 2016 Ronda He decided to leave MMA and continue his professional wrestling career in WWE.
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Due to his popularity, it didn’t take long for the then UFC petty champion to become a superstar in the WWE. She became the only woman to become a champion in both the UFC and WWE. Rousey lost the WWE Championship to Charlotte Flair at the women’s first women’s WrestleMania main event at WrestleMania 35.
Among all these, Rousey He also became a Hollywood star. He had the opportunity to play important roles in many high-octane action movies such as Furious 7, The Expendables 3, Mile 22.
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