Ronda Rousey

Ronda Rousey
Rousey in 2018
Born
Ronda Jean Rousey

(1987-02-01) February 1, 1987 (age 37)
Riverside, California, U.S.
Other namesRowdy
Spouse
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(m. 2017)​
Children1
MotherAnnMaria De Mars
Martial arts career
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb)
DivisionFeatherweight (2010–2011)
Bantamweight (2012–2016) Professional wrestling (2018–2019; 2022–2023)
Reach68 in (173 cm)[1]
StyleJudo
StanceOrthodox
Fighting out ofSanta Monica, California, U.S.
Venice, California, U.S.
TeamGlendale Fighting Club
Gokor Hayastan Academy
SK Golden Boys
TrainerGrappling: Gene LeBell, Rener Gracie, Gokor Chivichyan, AnnMaria De Mars
Boxing: Edmond Tarverdyan
Wrestling: Leo Frîncu[2]
Years active2010–2016 (MMA)
Mixed martial arts record
Total14
Wins12
By knockout3
By submission9
Losses2
By knockout2
Amateur record
Total3
Wins3
By submission3
Losses0
Other information
Websiterondarousey.com
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Judo career
Rank     6th dan black belt[3]
Judo achievements and titles
Olympic GamesBronze (2008)
World Champ.Silver (2007)
Pan American Champ. (2004, 2005)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing ‍–‍70 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍70 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍70 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Isla Margarita ‍–‍63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2005 Caguas (PUR) ‍–‍63 kg
Silver medal – second place 2006 Buenos Aires ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Montreal ‍–‍70 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Budapest ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Santo Domingo ‍–‍63 kg
Profile at external judo databases
IJF2589
JudoInside.com19130
Ring name(s)Ronda Rousey
Billed height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[4][5]
Billed weight134 lb (61 kg)[5]
Trained byBrian Kendrick[6][7]
Goldust[8]
Kurt Angle[9]
Natalya[10]
WWE Performance Center[11]
DebutApril 8, 2018

Ronda Jean Rousey (/ˈraʊzi/ ROW-zee;[12] born February 1, 1987) is an American professional wrestler, actress, and former judoka and mixed martial artist.[13] She is best known for her tenure in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and WWE.

She was the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo by winning bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Rousey began her mixed martial arts (MMA) career with King of the Cage in 2011. She soon joined Strikeforce, becoming their last Women's Bantamweight Champion until its acquisition by UFC.[14] Rousey was part of the company's first female fight at UFC 157, was their inaugural and first Women's Bantamweight Champion, and held the record for most UFC title defenses (6) by a female, until being surpassed by Valentina Shevchenko in 2022.[15][16][17][18] Rousey retired from MMA in 2016 and was the first female fighter inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2018.[19]

Rousey began a career in professional wrestling in 2018, signing with WWE,[20] and debuted at WrestleMania 34. She won the Raw Women's Championship at that year's SummerSlam, and headlined WWE's only all-women's pay-per-view Evolution, in which she defended the title. Rousey lost the title in the first women's WrestleMania main event at WrestleMania 35. Rousey returned at the 2022 Royal Rumble, winning the women's Royal Rumble match. That year, she would win the SmackDown Women's Championship twice, making her an overall three-time women's world champion in WWE. She became the eighth Women's Triple Crown Champion when she won the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship with Shayna Baszler. Rousey and Baszler also unified the WWE and NXT Women's Tag Team Championships. After leaving WWE in October 2023, she began wrestling on the independent circuit.

Rousey is the only woman to be the champion in both the UFC and WWE as well as the only woman to headline a pay-per-view event in both companies.[21] She was voted the best female athlete of all time in a 2015 ESPN fan poll, and Fox Sports described her as "one of the defining athletes of the 21st century."[22][23][24][25] Rousey has also appeared in films, including The Expendables 3 (2014),[26] Furious 7 (2015),[27] and Mile 22 (2018),[28] and published her autobiography My Fight / Your Fight in 2015.[29]

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