Ronda Rousey has had followers questioning whether or not or not a return to the octagon is within the playing cards, and whether it is, it received’t be on the UFC White Home card.
Following the start of Rousey’s second baby, the previous UFC ladies’s bantamweight champion has posted a number of pictures and movies on social media coaching. Since then, Rousey hadn’t publicly confirmed or denied a UFC return, however in a current interview, “Rowdy” isn’t slamming the door on a return to preventing, however it received’t be in entrance of President Donald Trump in June.
“I’m not preventing on the White Home,” Rousey mentioned on The Lapsed Fan Podcast. “I imply, after Mike Tyson being the most important combat of the yr [vs. Jake Paul], you by no means say by no means [on a return].
“However I ain’t preventing on the f*cking White Home.”
When requested why Rousey would say no if she was requested by UFC CEO Dana White, or the UFC brass, the huge celebrity in the course of the UFC’s rise saved it easy, and in addition, a bit gentle.
“I acquired higher shit to do,” Ronda mentioned. “My child wants pasta.”
Rousey made her UFC debut at UFC 157 in February 2013, submitting Liz Carmouche in the primary occasion to retain her title — which carried over after the UFC bought Strikeforce. Rousey defended the title efficiently 5 extra occasions, however at UFC 193, she was stopped and dethroned by Holly Holm in a surprising upset in November 2015. Rousey returned to the octagon 13 months later to face then-champ Amanda Nunes in the primary occasion of UFC 207, the place Nunes destroyed Rousey in simply 48 seconds for a large victory.
That was the ultimate time Rousey competed in MMA earlier than trasitioning into the professional wrestling world. Rousey had a five-year run with WWE, and is the one girl in historical past to carry titles in each the UFC and WWE.