
Ronda Rousey remains one of the most recognized women in combat sports with historic runs in both UFC and WWE, earning multiple titles in both organizations.
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However, Rousey hasn’t been in a professional fight of any kind since 2023, leaving her fans wanting more.
To this day, rumors persist that she could make her return to either UFC or WWE in the near future, especially since she has recently released clips of herself training on Instagram.
Now, Rousey is ready to lay those rumors to rest.

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During an appearance on “Untapped” with Spencer Matthews, Rousey quickly shut down any rumors that she will return to MMA or pro wrestling, saying that her focus is now on being a mom.
“I am like deep in mom mode,” Rousey said, per Steve Carrier of Ringside News. “I am not in the studio, you know. I’m working out in my garage, and I’m just trying to reclaim my body from motherhood, you know?”
Rousey has just given birth to her second child in January, and Rousey has made it clear that these workouts aren’t meant to get her fight ready, but to make her feel more like herself.
“You become this like human assembly factory, and you completely like lose your own autonomy,” Rousey said. “And you literally—like—a baby is like a parasite. It is like sucking the life out of you and just taking over everything.”
“I’m just, you know, just trying to reclaim myself from—you know—this amazing thing that women’s bodies are designed to do.
“But it really does just like take you over entirely… you’re left with what’s left over, you’re like, ‘Oh my god, will I ever be the same again?’ Or… the answer is no. But you could—you could be a new something.”
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Rousey first made her mark competing in Judo, where she won multiple medals and competed in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the latter.
Rousey would eventually translate her skills to MMA success, becoming the final Women’s Bantamweight Champion in Strikeforce and the inaugural Women’s Bantamweight Champion in UFC, successfully defending the title six times.
Rousey quietly retired from UFC after a loss to Amanda Nunes and was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2018.
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In 2015, Rousey made her debut with WWE, when The Rock brought her into the ring to hit Stephanie McMahon.
After a few more appearances of the years, she took on the moniker “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey in tribute to “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, becoming one of the top talents in the company.
During her tenure in WWE, Rousey would take home the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship twice, the WWE RAW Women’s Championship once, and the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship once with Shayna Baszler.
Rousey also won the 2022 Women’s Royal Rumble. She was the first woman to main event WrestleMania alongside Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair.
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