Former UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, who was ultimately forced to end her martial arts career after sustaining back-to-back concussions, has struggled with every hit, even a jab, during a bout inside the Octagon. “I can see stars,'' he claimed.
Rousey, an alumnus of the UFC and professional wrestling organization WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), both now owned by TKO Group Holdings, has been rumored to make a surprise return to the Octagon in recent months.
And ahead of next month's monumental UFC 300 card, the Riverside native has announced a stunning deal in the form of potential rematches with former foes and fellow former champions Holly Holm and Miesha Tate. His return to competition was linked to a slot on the card. .
Inaugural bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey won gold under the Strikeforce name, but ended her Octagon career in 2016 with a 48-second TKO loss to former two-division champion Amanda Nunes. hit.
Judo star Rousey is set to publish a memoir about her career, revealing that long-term concussions ultimately led to her decision to withdraw from the UFC, and claims even jabs leave her unsettled did.
Ronda Rousey reveals jab attack caused concussion during UFC run
“Even before I started MMA, I had a lot of experience with concussions,” Ronda Rousey told Cageside Sheets in a recent interview. “I've been doing judo for about 10 years, and in fact, I've been experiencing concussion symptoms frequently for the past 10 years.''
“…If you take any kind of significant blow, you'll see stars. This is not normal,” Ronda Rousey explained. “If I got touched or jabbed, I started having concussion symptoms and I couldn't tell my coach about it. I couldn't tell Dana (White) because he'd make me retire. . They wouldn't let me fight. And I wasn't ready to let go. I wasn't ready to admit that I couldn't do everything perfectly. Because at that level. I had to believe that in order to become that.”
Before losing to Nunes, Rousey saw her undefeated streak undone in 2015 with a heartbreaking second-round high kick knockout loss to the aforementioned Holm — a bout in which she almost lost claimed to have been suffering.
