Ronda Rousey

Ronda Jean Rousey is an American mixed martial artist and judoka. Ronda Rousey is the first and reigning bantamweight UFC woman and the last Strikeforce bantamweight champion of Women. He has defeated every opponent by armbar. Ronda Rousey was born in Riverside County, California. She is the daughter of Ron and Annmaria Ronda Rousey De Mars. His mother had a decorated Judo career and was the first American to win a World Judo Championship with his victory in 1984. Rousey 's maternal grandfather was Venezuelan, and was part of Afro- Venezuelan descent. His other ancestry includes English and Polish. Her stepfather is an aerospace engineer. Ronda Rousey was raised in Jamestown, North Dakota. He retired from his judo career at 21, and started his MMA career at 22, because he realized that would not work in a conventional field of work for the rest of his life.

Ronda Rousey Fighting Career

At 17, Ronda Rousey qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, becoming the youngest judoka of all the games. Also in 2004, Ronda Rousey won a gold medal at the Junior World Championships Judo 2004 in Budapest, Hungary. In April 2006, he became the first American woman judoka in nearly 10 years to win an A- Level tournament as she went 5-0 to claim gold at the Birmingham World Cup in Great Britain. Later that year, the 19- year-old won the bronze medal at the Junior World Championships, becoming the first U.S. athlete to win two Junior World medals.

In February 2007, Ronda Rousey up to 70 kg, which is currently ranked as one of the top three women in the world. She won the silver medal at the World Judo Championships 2007 in the middleweight division and the gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games.

In August 2008, Ronda Rousey competed in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. She lost her quarterfinal to the Dutch ex-world champion Edith Bosch but qualified for a match for the bronze medal through the repechage bracket. Rousey defeated Annett Boehm by Yuko to win a bronze medal (note : Judo offers two bronze medals per weight class). With the victory, Rousey became the first American to win an Olympic medal in women's judo since its inception as an Olympic sport in 1992.

Ronda Rousey made ​​her debut in mixed martial arts amateur on August 6, 2010. She defeated Hayden Munoz by submission due to an armbar in 23 seconds. He entered the quarterfinals of the tournament 145-pound woman Tuff- N- Uff, the November 12, 2010 and submitted promotional veteran Autumn Richardson with an armbar in 57 seconds. Rousey faced Taylor Stratford in the semifinals of Tuff- N- Uff tournament on January 7, 2011 and won by technical submission due to an armbar in 24 seconds. He then announced plans to turn pro and was replaced in the tournament.

Ronda Rousey  Modeling and Cinema

onda Rousey appeared nude on the cover 2012 Body Issue of ESPN The Magazine and a pictorial on it. Referring to strategic crop, poses and positioning arm used on the photos to make them less revealing, Rousey said: " With all these girls and their vaginas rings, all the advice my mother gave me She gave me this back.. advice, I still have affection She said, 'Look, whatever photos you put out there are going to be around forever, so just think that one day their son or daughter 12 or 13 years old, will see these photos. whatever you want your son or daughter, or even his little sister 13-year- old to see, mind you. ' therefore, whatever I 'm not going to show on a beach, not I 'll show you in a magazine. these girls are going to have to explain to their children one day why ass and vagina mom are all over the place. " your opponent Miesha Tate criticized comments Rousey as" hypocritical " arguing that Rousey 's comments about girls ring constituted a double standard. In July 2012, Rousey also criticized the use of Kim Kardashian as a spokesperson, saying. " I do not want a girl whose entire reputation is based on a sex video that is selling Skechers to my sister of 13 years old," the same month, also criticized fellow Olympian Michael Phelps, not congregate with other American athletes during the Summer Olympics of 2008 and during an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

In May 2013, he was ranked 29th on the Maxim Hot Rousey 100. She also appeared on the cover and in a pictorial in the September issue of 2013. The July 23, 2013, Sylvester Stallone announced through its official Twitter account that Rousey star in The Expendables 3, which marks her first role in a major film. On August 9, Dwayne Johnson announced that Rousey appear in Fast & Furious 7.

Ronda Rousey  Personal life

Ronda Rousey was formerly a vegetarian, but describe your current diet as " a sort of cross between a Paleo diet, and a warrior. " She initially opposed to using the nickname his friends gave him, " Rowdy", feeling it would be a lack respect to professional wrestler " Rowdy" Roddy Piper. After meeting with him through Gene LeBell (who helped train both), Piper personally gave his approval.