Born on February 1, 1987, in Riverside County, California, Ronda Rousey suffered from speech problems for the first six years of her life. Her parents moved to Jamestown North Dakota for special and intensive speech therapy at Minot State University from Riverside when she was three years old. Her mother, AnnaMaria De Mars, was the first American woman to win the World Judo Championship. Together with the World Judo Championship winner, her mother holds a Ph.D. at the University of California, Riverside. She pursues her degree while raising her daughters. Ronda’s father, Ron Rousey, committed suicide in 1995 after breaking his spine and learning that he would be paralyzed.

Ronda Rousey Net Worth

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Ronda Rousey is an American MMA and judo contestant with a net worth of $ 13 million. She was one of the most popular and successful female MMA fighters of all time, later on, she has been involved in acting and professional wrestling.

On February 28, 2015, Ronda Rousey defeated Cat Zingano by a 14 seconds armlock. With this win, Ronda received $ 65,000 for winning, $ 65,000 for the show, and an estimated $ 1 million Pay Per View bonus. After this Ronda received approximately $ 6.5 million in prizes and approvals between a time frame of June 2014 to June 2015.

She has also earned endorsements including headphones for Monster, Carl’s Jr, Reebok, Metro PCS, and more. Unfortunately, on November 16, 2015, Ronda’s line of luck came to a very sad conclusion publicly when Holly Holm and UFC 193 easily defeated her.

In 2015 alone, Ronda received $ 14 million in prizes, PPV prizes, approvals, and media appearances. On December 30, 2016, Ronda was paid just $ 3 million for the show In her fight with Amanda Nunes.

 

Career

Career in Judo

Rousey began practicing Judo when she was just 11 years old. She started practicing with her mother. Her mother trained her until the age of 13 and then switched to a trained coach. At the age of 17, Rousey qualified for the 2004 Olympics in Athens and was the youngest judo athlete there. In February 2007, Ronda weighed in at 70kg where she was ranked as one of the three most competitive Jewish women in the world.

When Rousey won a Bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing she became the first American to win the Judo Olympic medal. At the age of 21, Rousey retired from Judo after her Olympic glory. After that, she then started living in an apartment with her roommate to support herself. She started working at Venice Beach for bartending and cocktail waiting for jobs.

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A career in Mixed Martial Arts

In 2010 Two years after her success, Rousey began wrestling with the martial arts circuit with Team Hayastan. She has also trained under MMA coach Edmond Tarverdyan at the Glendale Fighting Club. Together with this, she has also gained training from 2011 to 2014 at Jiu-Jitsu at Dynamix MMA with Henry Akins.

In August 2010 Rousey gave a fly to her karate mixing career. She defeated Hayden Munoz by holding an armbar in just a few seconds.

Armbar is Rousey’s signature move and she defeated ALL her opponents in less than a minute with her signature move. Rousey said to wake her up, her mother used to jump on her every morning using her armbar, this is the reason or move for what she is known for.

In August 2011 Ronda made her Strikeforce debut against Sara D’Alelio in Las Vegas. In 2011, Rousey became the Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion. After this she has decided to move to the advanced level, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), in 2012 she became the first Women’s Bantamweight Champion.

She was the first female champion to sign with the UFC. In February 2013 She successfully defended her UFC title against Liz Carmouche at UFC 157. Rousey also defended his Bantamweight Championship title, although in his fight her jaw was dislocated by Carmouche. In 2014 Rousey successfully defended her UFC title.

On November 15, 2015, Ronda faced Holly Holm at a major event at UFC 193. Despite fans betting heavily on her, Ronda loses that match to Holly due to her high kicking tactics. Rousey was temporarily suspended by the UFC with a no-touch condition and no fights for 60 days and will have to pass the CT scan results to reduce the suspension.

Rousey was not medically cleansed until December 8, 2015. On December 30, 2016, she returned to face champion Amanda Nunes at a grand event at UFC 207 but lost the battle in the first round in just 48 seconds. Ronda Rousey was admitted to the UFC Hall of Fame in July 2018.

Career in Wrestling

As part of The Four Horsewomen, Rousey has participated in various WWE events. She fought with WWE famous faces like The Rock, Triple H, and Vince McMahon. The Four Horse Women made an audience appearance to support the various wrestlers. The Horsewomen face various wrestlers including Becky Lynch, Bayley, Charlotte Flair, and Sasha Banks.

Later that year, it was reported that Rousey had signed with WWE in full and was training at the WWE Center in Orlando. In January 2018, she performed at the Royal Rumble, and in March 2018 she became part of WWE’s Raw.

On August 19, 2018, She won her first Raw Championship and competed in the Bliss competition, and a month later on September 16’s Hell in a Cell, she also defeated Bliss. Rousey lost for the first time in the WWE In March 2019, against Lynch, ending her heroic reign in 231 days.

Acting Career

As an actress, Rousey appeared in “Furious 7”, “Mile 22”, “The Expendables 3”, “Entourage”, and had a cameo as a fighting coach at Charlie’s Angels for 2019.

Here are some FAQs related to Ronda Rousey

1) Who is Ronda Rousey’s Husband?

Travis Browne.

2) Where is Rowdy Ronda Rousey now?

Rousey enjoys life at home, located at Brousey Ranch in Riverside, California.

3) What is Ronda Rousey’s real name?

Ronda Jean Rousey.

4) How old was Ronda when she started fighting?

At the age of 16.

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