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Rousey appeared in ''All Access: Ronda Rousey'' on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]. The half-hour special debuted on August 08, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/30084/reminder-all-access-ronda-rousey-debuts-tonight-on-showtime.mma |title=Reminder: 'All Access: Ronda Rousey' debuts tonight on Showtime |publisher=[[MMAjunkie.com]] |date=2012-08-08 |accessdate=2012-08-09 |author=Staff}}</ref> [[UFC]] President Dana White revealed during the programme that "In the next 10 years, if there's a woman in the octagon, it's probably going to be Ronda Rousey." <ref>{{cite web |url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/30104/all-access-video-white-says-rousey-would-likely-be-first-female-ufc-fighter.mma |title='All Access' video: White says Rousey would likely be first female UFC fighter |date=2012-08-09 |accessdate=2012-08-09 |publisher=[[MMAjunkie.com]] |author=Staff}}</ref> The second installment of the special aired on August 15, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/30213/video-showtimes-all-access-ronda-rousey-second-episode.mma |title=Video: Showtime's 'All Access: Ronda Rousey" second episode |author=Staff |date=2012-08-16 |accessdate=2012-08-16 |publsher=MMAjunkie.com}}</ref> Ronda also appeared on [[Conan (TV series)|Conan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/30105/video-strikeforce-champ-ronda-rousey-gives-conan-obrien-a-lesson-in-armbars.mma |title=Video: Strikeforce champ Ronda Rousey gives Conan O'Brien a lesson in armbars |publisher=[[MMAjunkie.com]] |author=Staff |date=2012-08-09 |accessdate=2012-08-11}}</ref>
Rousey appeared in ''All Access: Ronda Rousey'' on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]. The half-hour special debuted on August 08, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/30084/reminder-all-access-ronda-rousey-debuts-tonight-on-showtime.mma |title=Reminder: 'All Access: Ronda Rousey' debuts tonight on Showtime |publisher=[[MMAjunkie.com]] |date=2012-08-08 |accessdate=2012-08-09 |author=Staff}}</ref> [[UFC]] President Dana White revealed during the programme that "In the next 10 years, if there's a woman in the octagon, it's probably going to be Ronda Rousey." <ref>{{cite web |url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/30104/all-access-video-white-says-rousey-would-likely-be-first-female-ufc-fighter.mma |title='All Access' video: White says Rousey would likely be first female UFC fighter |date=2012-08-09 |accessdate=2012-08-09 |publisher=[[MMAjunkie.com]] |author=Staff}}</ref> The second installment of the special aired on August 15, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/30213/video-showtimes-all-access-ronda-rousey-second-episode.mma |title=Video: Showtime's 'All Access: Ronda Rousey" second episode |author=Staff |date=2012-08-16 |accessdate=2012-08-16 |publsher=MMAjunkie.com}}</ref> Ronda also appeared on [[Conan (TV series)|Conan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/30105/video-strikeforce-champ-ronda-rousey-gives-conan-obrien-a-lesson-in-armbars.mma |title=Video: Strikeforce champ Ronda Rousey gives Conan O'Brien a lesson in armbars |publisher=[[MMAjunkie.com]] |author=Staff |date=2012-08-09 |accessdate=2012-08-11}}</ref>
Rousey will try to defend her Strikeforce title against [[Sarah Kaufman (mixed martial artist)|Sarah Kaufman]] at [[Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman]] on August 18, 2012 in San Diego, California.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmafighting.com/strikeforce/2012/6/7/3072072/ronda-rousey-vs-sarah-kaufman-set-for-august-in-san-diego|title=Ronda Rousey vs. Sarah Kaufman Set for August in San Diego|publisher=MMAFighting.com|date=2012-06-07|accessdate=2012-06-15}}</ref> Rousey said that she would throw Kaufman's arm at her corner after ripping it off with an [[armbar]], and threatened to choke or pound Kaufman's face to death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/30236/strikeforces-coker-rousey-cant-just-be-a-marketing-machine-with-a-pretty-face.mma|title=Strikeforce's Coker: Rousey 'can't just be a marketing machine with a pretty face'|publisher=[[MMAjunkie.com]] |author=Matt Erickson |date=2012-08-18|accessdate=2012-08-18}}</ref>
Rousey defended her Strikeforce title against [[Sarah Kaufman (mixed martial artist)|Sarah Kaufman]] at [[Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman]] on August 18, 2012 in San Diego, California.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmafighting.com/strikeforce/2012/6/7/3072072/ronda-rousey-vs-sarah-kaufman-set-for-august-in-san-diego|title=Ronda Rousey vs. Sarah Kaufman Set for August in San Diego|publisher=MMAFighting.com|date=2012-06-07|accessdate=2012-06-15}}</ref> Rousey said that she would throw Kaufman's arm at her corner after ripping it off with an [[armbar]], and threatened to choke or pound Kaufman's face to death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/30236/strikeforces-coker-rousey-cant-just-be-a-marketing-machine-with-a-pretty-face.mma|title=Strikeforce's Coker: Rousey 'can't just be a marketing machine with a pretty face'|publisher=[[MMAjunkie.com]] |author=Matt Erickson |date=2012-08-18|accessdate=2012-08-18}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 04:12, 19 August 2012

Ronda Rousey
File:Ronda Rousey.jpg
BornRonda Jean Rousey
(1987-02-01) February 1, 1987 (age 37)
Riverside County, California, United States
Other namesRowdy
ResidenceVenice, California, United States
NationalityAmerican
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st)
DivisionFeatherweight (2011)
Bantamweight (2012-present)
Reach66
StyleJudo
Fighting out ofSanta Monica, California, United States
TeamTeam Hayastan, Glendale Fighting Club
Rank  4th dan black belt in Judo
Years active2011-present
Mixed martial arts record
Total6
Wins6
By submission6
Losses0
Other information
Websitehttp://www.rondamma.com/
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Ronda Rousey
Medal record
Women's Judo
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 70kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Middleweight
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro 70kg
Pan American Judo Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Isla Margarita 63kg
Gold medal – first place 2005 Caguas 63kg
Silver medal – second place 2006 Buenos Aires 63kg

Ronda Jean Rousey (born February 1, 1987) is an American former judoka and current mixed martial artist and the current Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion. She has finished all of her opponents by armbar in the first round. She formerly trained at the Olympic Training Center in Wakefield, Massachusetts under guidance of Jimmy Pedro and is now part of Team Hayastan in Santa Monica, California.

Rousey trains under famous Armenian fighters Gokor Chivichyan and Edmond Tarverdyan of the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale, CA.[1] Rousey also trains with Leo Frincu and Gene Lebell, along with Team Hayastan fighters such as Manny Gamburyan, Karen Darabedyan, Sako Chivitchian and Sevak Magakian. She is managed by Darin Harvey of Fight Tribe MMA.[2] In July, 2012, Rousey enlisted former undefeated boxing and kickboxing champion Lucia Rijker as striking coach.[3]

Rousey is currently ranked the #1 pound-for-pound female MMA fighter in the world by MMARising.com,[4] #2 by MMAWeekly,[5] and is ranked #1 at 135 pounds and #2 at 145 pounds according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings.[6]

Olympic judo career

At just 17, Rousey qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, becoming the youngest judo competitor in the entire Games. Also in 2004, Rousey won a gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Judo Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

In April 2006, she became the first U.S. female athlete 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 ever to win two Junior World medals.

In February 2007, Rousey moved up to 70 kg where she is currently ranked as one of the top three women in the world. She won the silver medal at the 2007 World Judo Championships in the middleweight division and the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan Am Games.

In August 2008, Rousey competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. She lost her quarterfinal to the Dutch ex-world champion Edith Bosch but qualified for a Bronze medal match 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.[7]

Mixed martial arts career

Rousey made her mixed martial arts debut as an amateur on August 6, 2010. She defeated Hayden Munoz by submission due to an armbar in 23 seconds.[8]

She entered the quarterfinals of the Tuff-N-Uff 145 lbs women's tournament on November 12, 2010 and submitted promotional veteran Autumn Richardson with an armbar in 57 seconds.[9]

Rousey faced Taylor Stratford in the Tuff-N-Uff tournament semi-finals on January 7, 2011 and won by technical submission due to an armbar in 24 seconds. She then announced plans to turn pro and was replaced in the tournament.[10]

Rousey made her professional mixed martial arts debut on March 27, 2011 at King of the Cage: Turning Point. She submitted Ediane Gomes with an armbar in 25 seconds.[8][11]

Rousey faced kickboxing champion Charmaine Tweet in an MMA bout at Hard Knocks Fighting Championship: School of Hard Knocks 12 on June 17, 2011 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.[12] She submitted Tweet with an armbar in 49 seconds.[13]

Verbal attacks

Rousey is notable for introducing trash talking to Women's MMA. In many interviews Rousey has used harsh vocabulary and openly downplayed her opponents. Rousey doesn't deny the accusations and is not apologetic for something she explains is a way to generate more publicity for the sport.[14][15] She has also spoken harshly of fellow Olympian Michael Phelps,[16] and Kim Kardashian.[17][18]

Strikeforce

Rousey was scheduled to make her Strikeforce debut against Sarah D'Alelio on July 30, 2011 at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.[19] The fight was pushed back and eventually took place on the Strikeforce Challengers 18 main card on August 12, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.[20] Rousey defeated D'Alelio by technical submission due to an armbar early in the first round. The victory was controversial as referee Steve Mazzagatti only stopped the fight because D’Alelio appeared to make a brief sound. According to instructions given to fighters before they compete, this is typically deemed to be a verbal submission. Mazzagatti initially did nothing, but after Rousey looked at him and stated that D’Alelio had submitted, he stopped the fight. D'Alelio admitted after the fight that she let out a verbal indication of pain.[21]

Rousey faced Julia Budd at Strikeforce Challengers 20 on November 18, 2011 in Las Vegas.[22] She won via submission due to an armbar in the first round, dislocating Budd's elbow in the process. Following the fight, she announced plans to move down to 135 pounds to challenge Miesha Tate, the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion at the time.[23]

"She's a rock star man. She's been fantastic. She's been killing it for us. I just hope that we can some really good fights for her. I love Ronda Rousey man. I do."

Rousey challenged Tate for her Strikeforce title on March 3, 2012 in Columbus, Ohio. She defeated Tate by submission due to an armbar in the first round, again dislocating her opponent's elbow, to become the new Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion.[25]

Rousey appeared in All Access: Ronda Rousey on Showtime. The half-hour special debuted on August 08, 2012.[26] UFC President Dana White revealed during the programme that "In the next 10 years, if there's a woman in the octagon, it's probably going to be Ronda Rousey." [27] The second installment of the special aired on August 15, 2012.[28] Ronda also appeared on Conan.[29] Rousey defended her Strikeforce title against Sarah Kaufman at Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman on August 18, 2012 in San Diego, California.[30] Rousey said that she would throw Kaufman's arm at her corner after ripping it off with an armbar, and threatened to choke or pound Kaufman's face to death.[31]

Personal life

Rousey is of part Venezuelan descent. [32] Her mother, Ann Maria Rousey DeMars, also had a decorated Judo career and was the first American to win a World Judo Championship with her victory in 1984. Rousey appeared in ESPN The Magazine's 2012 Body Issue.[33]

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

  • Women's MMA Awards
    • 2011 Female Fighter of the Year
    • 2011 Female Featherweight of the Year
    • 2011 Female Newcomer of the Year
  • On The Mat
    • 2011 OTM Breakthrough MMA Fighter of the Year
  • Inside MMA
    • 2011 Female Fighter of the Year Bazzie Award
  • MiddleEasy
    • Submission of the Year (2011) vs. Julia Budd on November 18
  • Fight Matrix
    • 2011 Female Rookie of the Year

Judo

  • USA Judo
    • USA Senior National Championship (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010)
    • USA Senior Olympic Team Trials Winner (2004, 2008)
    • 2007 US Open Senior Gold Medalist
    • 2006 US Open Senior Gold Medalist
    • 2006 USA Fall Classic Senior Gold Medalist
    • 2006 US Open Junior Gold Medalist
    • 2005 US Open Senior Gold Medalist
    • 2005 US Open Junior Silver Medalist
    • 2004 US Open Senior Bronze Medalist
    • 2003 US Open Senior Silver Medalist
    • 2003 USA Fall Classic Senior Gold Medalist
    • 2002 US Open Junior Gold Medalist

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
6 matches 6 wins 0 losses
By knockout 0 0
By submission 6 0
By decision 0 0
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 6-0 Sarah Kaufman Submission (armbar) Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman August 18, 2012 1 0:54 California, United States Defended the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Championship.
Win 5-0 Miesha Tate Submission (armbar) Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey March 3, 2012 1 4:27 Ohio, United States Won the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Championship. Bantamweight Debut.
Win 4-0 Julia Budd Submission (armbar) ShoMMA 20 November 18, 2011 1 0:39 Nevada, United States Submission of the Year (2011).
Win 3-0 Sarah D'Alelio Submission (flying armbar) ShoMMA 18 August 12, 2011 1 0:25 Nevada, United States Strikeforce Debut.
Win 2-0 Charmaine Tweet Submission (armbar) HKFC 12 June 17, 2011 1 0:49 Alberta, Canada Catchweight of 150 lbs.
Win 1-0 Ediene Gomes Submission (armbar) KOTC March 27, 2011 1 0:25 California, United States

Amateur record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 3-0 Taylor Stratford Submission (armbar) Tuff-N-Uff January 7, 2011 1 0:24 Nevada, United States
Win 2-0 Autumn Richardson Submission (armbar) Tuff-N-Uff November 12, 2010 1 0:57 Nevada, United States
Win 1-0 Hayden Munoz Submission (armbar) CFL: Ground Zero August 6, 2010 1 0:23 California, United States

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