Ronda Rousey is an elegant, but at the same time brutal, award-winning athlete, actress, fashion model, and author of the best-selling book “My Fight/Your Fight.” She became famous for her signature "elbow" move.
Childhood under strict discipline
Rhonda was born in early 1988. During childbirth, her mother Ann-Marie experienced complications that later affected her daughter’s development. She started talking only at 4 years old. The father loved his daughter very much; Rhonda still carefully keeps the soft Hulk toy he gave her. The girl has a sister, Maria Ortiz.
When the future athlete turned 8 years old, the head of the family hanged himself, unable to cope with severe back pain. For Rhonda, this was the hardest blow, because only he believed in her, and never tired of repeating: “You are not an idiot, you are the smartest girl in the world!”
The girl's mother, Ann-Maria, was a professional judo coach. Under her leadership, my daughter began to train and achieve success. All classes were held under strict control. Even when Rhonda broke her ankle, her mother pushed her to keep running and added more laps. Severe discipline strengthened the girl’s character, made her persistent and resilient.
Purposeful Rosie decided to take a desperate step and left her parents' home at the age of 16. She moved to Boston and began actively preparing to perform at the Olympics in Athens. The main selection criterion here was the weight of the athletes, with which the girl desperately fought. The day before the final weigh-in, she stopped drinking and eating, wrapped herself in plastic and ran for hours. But all this did not help, Rhonda became 9 out of 10 participants. There was no limit to her despair; she was most worried that her mother would not understand her.
Hard trials and first successes
After failure at the Olympic trials, Rosie again came to her mother, but she kicked her out, saying that she did not need an unemployed loser. The girl returned to her coach, who was older than her, but did not get along with him either.
Ronda Rousey at the 2008 Olympics
Then the athlete got a job in one of the bars in Los Angeles. Here she became addicted to alcohol and marijuana and continued to train at the same time. The body could not withstand such a load, and Rosie decided to radically change her lifestyle. Having come to her senses, she took up coaching.
At the beginning of 2007, Rosie performed at the World Judo Championships and took an honorable third place. In the final she lost to the Frenchwoman Gevriz Eman. Luck smiled at her at the Pan American Games, where she became the winner. The following year, Rhonda participated in Olympic Games in Beijing. In a fight with the German Annette Boehm won silver medal.
Ronda Rousey during the fight
Further professional career Rousey built in MMA. The average duration of the young athlete's fight was 30 seconds. Ronda was remembered by fans and competitors for her signature “elbow” technique, which her mother taught her. Out of 12 MMA fights, the girl won 9 brilliant victories.
Ronda Rousey is the winner of numerous awards
In the fall of 2015, there was a UFC fighting tournament, in which the invincible Holly Holm became Rousey’s opponent. Almost all bookmakers placed bets on Ronda, but her opponent’s boxing technique did not allow her to take the gold. A deep knockout from Holm sent the feisty challenger to the hospital bed.
Ronda Rousey" Best Woman fighter"
At the end of 2016, a fight took place within the UFC for the championship title, in which Rousey met with Amanda Nunnens. After 48 seconds, the fight was abandoned so that the opponent would not beat the American to death.
Ronda Rousey in the movie "The Expendables"
Rosie has significant achievements to her name: the title of “Best Fighter 2015”, as well as “Best Female Fighter” according to the Fight Only World MMA Awards. Besides sports activities, Rhonda appears in the following films: “The Expendables 3”, “Entourage”, “Fast and Furious 7”.
Famous lovers of a strong girl
Rousey's first serious relationship was with Brandon Schaub, a professional football player. Then the guy started doing mixed martial arts. He has 5 defeats and 10 victories.
Rhonda's next chosen one was married MMA athlete Travis Brown. They met during training and just talked for a long time. Then the relationship developed into real feelings. The girl does not have hopes of an official marriage with the fighter, considering this a certain stage in her personal life.
Ronda Rousey and Travis Browne
Rosie now lives with her sister in Santa Monica. Thanks to her, Ronda’s autobiographical book was published, in which she spoke in detail about her life and professional fighting career.
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Ronda Rousey is an American athlete, MMA fighter, former Strikeforce champion and first UFC champion. Rosie is recognized as one of best fighters outside weight categories. The girl is number one in the ranking of athletes in the bantamweight category.
In the family of professional judoka Anna Maria De Marsa, something happened in February 1987. joyful event– birth of daughter Ronda Rousey. The girl became the youngest member of the family. The future champion also had two older sisters.
Rhonda could not speak normally for a long time due to speech disorders. Experts determined that the girl had apraxia. This is a neurological disease that occurs as a result of the umbilical cord entwining the baby’s neck during childbirth. The family moved to North Dakota for intensive work with speech therapy.
Rhonda did not have a happy childhood, since at the age of 8 the girl lost her father. A man broke his spine while dog sledding. Due to injury, the father of three daughters became disabled. The man didn’t want to live like that, so he committed suicide.
Later, Rosie's mother remarried, and her stepfather, who worked as an engineer in the aerospace industry, was raising the children. Rhonda's parents belonged to different nations, so the girl's blood contains Venezuelan, African, English and Polish blood. When the children grew up, the mother of the family went to the University of California. The woman became a certified specialist in educational psychology.
MMA
Ronda Rousey's professional biography began at a young age. The athlete’s first official fight against Hayden Munoz took place in New Mexico. Ronda took her opponent to the armbar in 23 seconds. On average, the girl spent no more than 3-4 minutes on the first 7 meetings. This is a real record.
Experts believe that Rousey successfully uses wrestling techniques during fights. Since childhood, the athlete was raised as a professional. Even at a young age, Rhonda perfected the elbow lever, which is why the girl’s fights ended so quickly. This technique is considered signature. In MMA, Rousey had 12 fights, winning 9 of them using an elbow lever.
In November 2015, a large-scale event was organized in one of the establishments in Melbourne - a fight evening. An interesting part of the celebration was the fight in which the fate of the UFC bantamweight champion title was decided. Ronda's opponent was Rousey. The girls had not lost before the meeting.
Rousey's opponent planned to defend her title for the seventh time, but something went wrong. Bookmakers accepted bets and predicted Ronda's victory. The classic layout is a gradual increase in pressure from Rousey. The girl wanted to succeed in the first round, and for this she used signature techniques.
But Holly Holm didn't become a champion for nothing. The athlete has boxing technique and is able to prevent attacks. Holm managed to damage her opponent by the end of the first round. In the second round the situation escalated to the limit.
A powerful blow to the jaw area turned out to be critical for Ronda. The girl was knocked down, but Rosie was not on the floor for long. As soon as she started to rise, a new blow came from Holly - a high kick. There was no knockout. The referee stopped the fight.
Minutes passed, and Rhonda did not come to her senses. This knockout was the first in the career of the athlete from Riverside. The girl was sent to the hospital for examination, but a CT scan showed no damage or injury.
The athlete did not plan to return to the Octagon. A year later, the girl again found herself in front of MMA fans. The day before the New Year, Ronda met in a championship fight with. Over the course of a year, the championship belt changed hands. Holm was forced to hand over the title, who lost to current rival Rousey.
Amanda delivered powerful blows that were parried by her opponent. Rhonda tried to resist, but the attacks did not stop. Soon Nunez led to the fact that the girl had already entered in a state of groggy. The referee decided to stop the fight. The duration of the battle was 48 seconds.
Movies
In 2013, Rhonda accepted an invitation to play in the film “The Expendables 3.” The girl got the role of an ex-bouncer and mercenary named Luna.
Later, Rosie worked on the set of the 7th part of “Fast and Furious.” The athlete was offered to play the head of security.
In 2016, Rhonda appeared in Road House. The film was a remake of the film in which he starred.
Personal life
There were rumors about Rhonda's personal life that were not confirmed by the athlete. But in the fall of 2015, everything changed. The girl met the main man in her life, colleague Travis Brown. The lover competed in the UFC heavyweight division. The young people did not want to hide their relationship, so they immediately admitted that they were now a couple. August 26, 2 years after the start of the novel, UFC fighters married among friends and relatives.
Ronda Rousey runs a page on a social network "Instagram". The girl publishes photos and videos of animals, including her own dog, and takes romantic pictures with her husband. Photographs of athletes, including naked ones, often appear in printed publications.
Ronda Rousey now
The ex-UFC champion has decided on her career. Now Rhonda is preparing for a new stage sports life.
The girl will appear in wrestling for the first time at World Wrestling Entertainment in November 2017. The girl and her three colleagues will have to perform as one unit. Ronda's team includes Sasha Banks, Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch.
Achievements
- MMA lightweight champion
- Strikeforce Bantamweight Champion
- UFC4 Champion
- World Junior Judo Champion
Rhonda Jean Rousey was born on February 1, 1987 in Riverside County, California. Her father committed suicide. Ronda Rousey's mother Anne-Marie De Mars also had a successful career in judo, becoming the first American Judo World Champion in 1984.
At seventeen, Rousey was selected to compete in the 2004 Olympics, becoming the youngest competitor in judo. In addition, in 2004 she won gold medal World Junior Championships in Budapest.
In February 2007, she moved to the weight category up to 70 kilograms, in which she was considered one of the three strongest women in the world. She won a silver medal at the World Judo Championship in Rio de Janeiro, where in the final match she lost on points to the French judoka Gevriz Eman. And in the same year she won a gold medal at the Pan American Games.
The athlete took part in the Olympic Games in Beijing in August 2008. She lost to the Dutchwoman Edith Bosch in the quarterfinals, but gained the opportunity to fight for the bronze medal, which she received by defeating the German Annette Boehm. Thus, Ronda Rousey became the first woman from the United States to win Olympic medal in judo.
Ronda Rousey in Mixed martial arts, MMA, came at a young age, which is remarkable, she won the first 7 fights in a total of 3-4 minutes, that is, she spent about 30 seconds on each fight. The American's debut took place in May in New Mexico, against Mexican Hayden Munoz; it took her only 23 seconds to take her to the elbow lever.
The main feature is her wrestling technique. Thanks to her mother's sports upbringing, she has a signature move - the elbow lever, which she literally learned from childhood: her mother woke her up, carefully performing the move. It was with this technique that she won most of her fights, almost always in the first round. Of her 12 wins in MMA, 9 of them were won via armbar.
On November 15, 2015, a fight night took place in the city of Melbourne under the auspices of the UFC. The culmination was the fight for the UFC bantamweight championship. Ronda Rousey met with Holly Holm, who was also undefeated, and according to plans she was supposed to defend her title for the seventh time. All bookmaker bets and expert forecasts agreed on an unconditional victory for Ronda. The fight began with the usual increased pressure on the enemy. Rhonda missed powerful blow Holly Holm hit the jaw with her left hand, received a knockdown, turned her back, fell on her hands, then, clearly knocked down, got up from her hands and immediately received a powerful high kick to the head.
Ronda Rousey received a deep knockout; assistants brought the woman to consciousness within a minute. This was the first knockout in the fighter’s career, and it was a deep knockout at once. In this regard, immediately after the fight she was taken to the clinic and a detailed tomographic scan was taken, which revealed no pathologies or serious injuries.
In 2013, Sylvester Stallone chose Rhonda to star in his new film The Expendables 3, where she starred as former bouncer and aspiring mercenary Luna. In the movie "Fast and Furious 7" she played the head of security named Kara. Later she starred in the new version of the film Road House, the original version of which starred Patrick Swayze.
She returned to wrestling in 2018, signing a contract with the American public company World Wrestling Entertainment.
Ronda Jean Rousey (Ronda Jean Rousey). Born February 1, 1987 in Santa Monica (California, USA). American fighter MMA and judo fighter, actress. The first UFC champion, former Strikeforce bantamweight champion.
Rousey defeated almost all of her opponents (except Sarah McMann, Alexis Davis and Beth Correia) via armbar submission. She finished almost all (except one) MMA fights in the first round.
In 2008, Ronda Rousey became the first American woman to win a bronze medal in judo at the Summer Olympics.
According to MMARising and MMAWeekly, Rousey is considered one of the top pound-for-pound MMA fighters in the world and was until recently the number one ranked women's bantamweight.
In August 2015, Forbes magazine ranked Ronda Rousey eighth in the Top 10 highest-paid athletes in the world, with annual earnings of $6.5 million. Forbes experts calculated that Rousey's earnings for fights amounted to 3 million, and she received the remaining 3.5 million dollars from other activities.
Rosie's maternal grandfather was from Venezuela.
Rhonda's father committed suicide.
Ronda Rousey's mother Anne-Marie De Mars had a successful career in judo, becoming the first American judo world champion in 1984. About her signature move, Rhonda tells how every morning her mother woke her up by holding the lever with her elbow.
Rhonda's sister, Maria Burns Ortiz, is a sports journalist.
Nickname Rowdy (literally: "violent, sharp") Ronda took it not only in meaning, but also in sound - from the name of the famous wrestler Roddy Piper.
WITH early childhood Ronda Rousey practiced judo. She admits that she felt complex about her appearance: “They made fun of me because I was so muscular.”. “As a child, I wasn’t happy with the way I looked. I never thought I was pretty.”, says Rhonda.
Ronda Rousey as a child
Ronda Rousey at 17
At seventeen, Rousey was selected to compete in the 2004 Olympics, becoming the youngest ever competitor in judo.
In addition, in 2004 she won a gold medal at the World Junior Championships in Budapest.
In February 2007, Rousey moved up to the 70 kg weight category, in which she was considered one of the three strongest women in the world. She won a silver medal at the World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro where she lost on points to French judoka Gevriz Eman in the final match. And in the same year she won a gold medal at the Pan American Games.
In August 2008, Rousey competed in the Beijing Olympics. She lost in the quarterfinals to Dutchwoman Edith Bosch, but gained the opportunity to compete for the bronze medal, which she received by defeating Germany's Annetta Böhm. Thus, Ronda Rousey became the first US woman to win an Olympic medal in judo..
Ronda Rousey came to MMA at a young age. She won the first 7 fights in a total of 3-4 minutes, that is, she spent about 30 seconds on each fight. The American's debut took place in May in New Mexico, against Mexican Hayden Muñoz; it took her only 23 seconds to take her to the elbow lever.
Ronda's main feature is her wrestling technique. Thanks to her mother's sports upbringing, Rhonda has a signature move - the elbow lever, which she literally learned from childhood: her mother woke her up, carefully performing the move. It was with this technique that Ronda won most of her fights, almost always in the first round.
Of her 12 wins in MMA, Ronda won 9 of them via armbar.
Armbar (elbow lever) from Ronda Rousey
Ronda Rousey on her fighting tactics:
“When I was a child, it was simply drilled into my brain that I shouldn’t waste time on reconnaissance. That’s why I’m good at doing what other fighters do poorly.”.
"As a child, when I practiced judo, my mother explained to me that best moment in order to catch your opponent with a technique, these are the first seconds of the fight. Therefore, I always tried to throw immediately after the gong. I've had a lot of fights where I've won within the first 10 or 20 seconds because that's when you're least ready.".
"I want to win as efficiently as possible and with as little effort as possible. People forget that the shorter my fights, the more matches I can fight. I feel like I'm prolonging my career this way.", says Rhonda.
Ronda Rousey's achievements in 2014-2015:
Reward best fighter of the year according to ESPY (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award).
Award for the best female fighter of 2014 according to the Fighters Only World MMA Awards.
Ronda Rousey - demonstration performances
Pay-per-view sales for UFC 184 Rousey vs. Zingano, which took place in February 2015, totaled 600,000. This figure is better than the sales of any PPV UFC tournament in 2014.
On November 15, 2015, a fight night took place in Melbourne under the auspices of the UFC. The culmination was the fight for the UFC bantamweight championship. and - according to plans - was supposed to defend her title for the seventh time. All bookmaker bets and expert forecasts agreed on an unconditional victory for Ronda.
The fight began with Ronda's usual increased pressure on her opponent. Ronda Rousey tried to win early in the first round, using her signature skills on the ground. However, Holly Holm, who has a strong boxing technique, did not allow Ronda to develop the initiative, skillfully parried all attacks and, by the end of the first round, cut her lip.
The second round ended early. Ronda Rousey missed Holly Holmes with a powerful left hand to the jaw. The blow was delivered with a body attachment and turned out to be fatal for Ronda. She received a knockdown, turned her back, fell on her hands, then, clearly knocked down, rose from her hands and immediately received a powerful high kick to the head. It turned out to be a knockout. Holmes wanted to carry out the final finishing move in excitement, but the referee immediately stopped the fight.
Ronda Rousey vs Holly Holm
Ronda Rousey received a deep knockout, and within a minute the assistants brought the woman to consciousness. This was the first knockout in the fighter’s career, and it was a deep knockout at once. In this regard, they immediately took a detailed tomographic image, which revealed no pathologies or serious injuries.
On December 30, 2016, at the UFC 207 show, she met in championship fight with Amanda Nunes. From the first seconds of the fight, Nunes took the initiative, she landed heavy blows, while Rousey could not do anything about the champion’s attacks. Ronda missed blow after blow and soon it became noticeable that she was in a state of groggy, after which the referee stopped the fight. The fight lasted only 48 seconds.
Personal life of Ronda Rousey:
Ronda Rousey's first famous boyfriend was Brendan Schaub, a professional gambler. American football, who then became a fighter mixed martial arts. Schaub won 10 fights in MMA and suffered 5 defeats.
Ronda Rousey and Brendan Schaub
After breaking up with Schaub, in mid-2015, Rousey began dating 33-year-old MMA fighter Travis Browne. Moreover, the fighter is married and has two sons.
Ronda Rousey and Travis Browne
We add that Ronda Rousey has repeatedly criticized Floyd Mayweather, who was serving a prison sentence in a domestic violence case.
Filmography of Ronda Rousey:
2014 - The Expendables 3 - Moon
2015 - Furious 7 - Kara
2015 - Entourage - cameo
Ronda Rousey's height is 170 cm; weight - 65 kg.
For some time, Ronda Rousey followed a vegan diet. Rhonda describes her current diet as a mix of Paleo and the Fighter Diet.
Rousey also claims that pre-fight sex is recommended for women to boost testosterone levels.
Ronda Rousey about herself:
UFC commentator Joe Rogan once said that Ronda Rousey could beat 50-60% of male bantamweight fighters. "I never say that I can't beat anyone, because I don't have the habit of putting limits on myself. So hypothetically in reality, where I can fight anyone, I can beat anyone, 100% of them. You don't you can tell me that I have a 0% chance of beating anyone on this planet, so I don’t dismiss this possibility myself.”, - Rosie commented.
Ronda Rousey on Jimmy Kimmel Show
Ronda Rousey is an active person who loves extreme sports. If it weren’t for MMA, she says, she would have gone to work as a lifeguard: "I would work as a lifeguard in the Coast Guard. I live in Los Angeles or Hawaii, I have experience rescue work, I'm an excellent swimmer. I generally like to do all sorts of crazy things, like jumping from great heights. I am an extreme sports enthusiast and I like extreme activities. I simply cannot live smoothly and calmly, I like it when ups are constantly replaced by downs. It seems to me that part of human nature is to test ourselves emotionally and physically. I just can't imagine myself sitting at a desk my whole life.".
Ronda Rousey(Ronda Rousey) is an American actress and wrestler.
Biography of Ronda Rousey
Ronda Jean Rousey(Ronda Jean Rousey) was born on February 1, 1987 in Riverside, California. Rhonda- The youngest of three sisters in the family. Mother Rhonda– Anne-Marie De Mars- American judoka, 1984 US women's champion in the 56 kg weight category. Father Rhonda– Ron Rousey– remained disabled after injuring his back while sledding. In 1995, when Ronde turned 8 years old, he committed suicide.
After this mother Rhonda She and her daughters moved to Southern California and settled in Santa Monica. Soon after the move, mother Rhonda married an aerospace engineer.
At 11 years old Rhonda started practicing judo. Until the age of 13, she trained with her mother. At 17 years old Rosie made the US judo team at the Athens Olympics.
In 2007 Rosie moved to the weight category up to 70 kg., becoming one of the most strong women in the world. In 2009 Rhonda became the first American woman to win a bronze medal in judo at the Summer Olympics.
Later Rhonda started practicing mixed martial arts. In MMA Rhonda played 12 fights.
In 2018 Rhonda signed a contract with WWE.
On at the moment Rosie is one of the best pound-for-pound MMA fighters in the world. Besides wrestling Rhonda actively acts in films and on television.
Personal life of Ronda Rousey
For a while Rhonda dated a boxer Brendan Schaub. In 2017 she married Travis Brown, whom I dated for two years before the wedding.
Ronda Rousey– vegan. As a child Rhonda suffered from apraxia.
