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5 Things You Might Not Know About Ronda Rousey

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Ronda Rousey by any standard of measure was a game changer.

After a decorated career as an amateur judoka, Rousey arrived on the mixed martial arts scene in 2010 and in less than three years emerged as one of the sport’s brightest stars. The Riverside, California native won her first 12 fights, all of them finishes, and laid claim to women’s bantamweight titles in Strikeforce and the Ultimate Fighting Championship.