It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that Ronda Rousey is likely one of the most popular mixed martial artists ever. After defending her Strikeforce ladies’s bantamweight title, she bagged the title within the UFC as properly and racked up 5 consecutive defenses.
Nevertheless, all of it got here crashing down when Rousey misplaced her title to Holly Holm by way of a crushing first spherical KO. She then returned to the Octagon after nearly a 12 months, and misplaced to Amanda Nunes by way of KO within the first once more.
“Rowdy” hasn’t fought in the UFC since then and ultimately signed up with the WWE which has been a bone of competition amongst followers so far. The previous champion has opened up on conditions that led to her retirement and why she averted coming again after simply two losses…
Ronda Rousey Opens Up On Struggles With Concussions That Led To UFC Retirement
Rousey just lately appeared on the SHAK MMA YouTube channel and addressed her moderately surprising retirement from MMA. Tons of followers discredited her whole legacy on account of this whereas others accused her of operating away from prime abilities.
“Began doing, you understand, Judo, at a younger age, and saved getting concussions, commonly. And, you understand, a number of instances a 12 months, and never being allowed to talk up or say something about it, and um, as a fighter, you’re simply not supposed to indicate any weak spot or discuss issues like that.”
“Rowdy” highlighted the ignorance in the direction of cumulative neurological damage in sports activities, particularly combined martial arts. She claimed that each one fighters take care of persistent traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) as they take photographs to the top, however the tempo varies.
Rousey revealed her that she dealt together with her first concussion at six. This naturally worsened as she fought in Strikeforce, UFC, and different MMA promotions. So, she hung up the gloves when she might not combat with out risking long-term neurological accidents.
“You’ll by no means know if you take one hit too many till many many years later, however I additionally, I don’t suppose that I’d be serving the game or the division in the proper means if I caught round too lengthy and I obtained to some extent the place I knew that I actually couldn’t be taking these head within the packs and proceed to compete at that very same stage.”
The previous Olympic Judo medalist clarified that she didn’t need to characterize ladies MMA when not at her finest. She was silent about her concussions to not have an effect on her transition to WWE and different tasks, however has no cause to carry again any extra.
