Redefining Ronda Rousey

Breann Lujan-Halcon

blujaha@uwyo.edu

I will be the first to admit that when former UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was knocked out by Holly Holm in November, I jumped for joy. Everyone loves an underdog and to see the undefeated champion finally show signs of weakness, it was pretty enjoyable. That was when Rousey began to win me over.

I had rooted against her every opportunity I was given. I wanted to see her lose. She would pull off victories in 30 seconds or less. In women’s fighting, she was untouchable – until she wasn’t.

When Rousey was knocked out in UFC 193, she became a person- not an ultimate fighter, not a winner and not a loser, but a human. The fall from her pedestal of…