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Ronda Rousey wins animal contest, lends name to Brazilian Llama

Is your mama a llama? No, but my Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women's bantamweight champion is.

Ronda Rousey is not just a female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. She's also a llama at the Portobello Resort and Safari in Brazil, thanks to a recent animal-naming contest that saw "Rowdy" beat out the likes of local soap opera stars, among others.

Yes, really.

"Usually when an animal is born at the Portobello safari, an animal which has a slightly longer gestation, we select the two most talked names in that period as a tribute," a Portobello official told MMAFighting.