Ronda Rousey, the former UFC bantamweight champion, has quietly returned to mixed martial arts training less than a year after giving birth, fueling speculation about a potential return to the Octagon.
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In an Instagram post this week, Rousey shared two video clips from her sessions with coach AJ MMA. The first clip showed her tentative return eight weeks postpartum, eight years after stepping away from MMA. The second clip, filmed this week at eight months postpartum, captured Rousey laughing and smiling on the mat. She wrote,
“The first clip is my first session working with [@aj_mma] I was super self conscious, embarrassed of how much I regressed, and honestly trying my very best not to pee my pants throwing punches so soon after having baby Pu0101’u016b.