Former undisputed bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey has added gas to the hearth of fixed rumors of a UFC return, sharing footage of herself coaching combined martial arts on social media.
Rousey, the inaugural bantamweight champion within the division and a former skilled wrestling star with the WWE (World Wrestling Leisure), has been consistently linked with a return to fight sports activities in recent times.
Retiring from competitors following a thunderous knockout loss to ex-two-weight champion, Amanda Nunes in her 2016 return to preventing, Rousey has remained steadfast in her determination to stay sidelined.
Nonetheless, as latest as UFC 300 final yr, the Riverside grappler was linked with a high-profile return to the comeback to the Octagon to tackle fellow former titleholder, Miesha Tate in a trilogy battle, in the end to no avail.
And citing head trauma and neurological points because the reasoning for her determination to step away from fight sports activities, Rousey has admitted she probably would by no means return to aggressive preventing.
“Every couple years – the same rumor comes out,” Ronda Rousey instructed the Perception podcast a few return to the UFC. “It’s nice to feel missed, I guess. But it’s not happening. I’m not neurologically fit to compete anymore at the highest level. I just can’t.”
“You just get to a level where the neurological injuries you take accumulate over time,” Ronda Rousey defined. “They don’t get any better.”
Followers hopeful of eventual UFC return for star, Ronda Rousey
Nonetheless, eagle-eyed followers on social media appear to be hopeful nonetheless of a return for Rousey, noticing the Californian’s latest return to combined martial arts coaching in a social media submit this night.
