Ronda Rousey’s impact on the world of MMA can’t be undersold. The former bantamweight champion ushered the sport to new levels of notability and notoriety, making her MMA’s first true cross-over star.
She did this off the back of a dominant spell between 2011 and 2016 where she racked up a 12-0 record. That record was all finishes, with many of them coming in less than a minute of action.
Rousey’s record, and mystique, was undone by Holly Holm at UFC 193 in 2015. There ‘Rowdy’ suffered a devastating KO. After a year-long hiatus Rousey returned to face Amanda Nunes for the bantamweight title.