Newsmaker: Ronda Rousey - The National
Were it just for her fight career, it would be hard to manifest itself into a film, bearing in mind she has spent just 25 minutes inside an Ultimate Fighting Championship cage for her 12 professional fights – so one-sided have been the contests,... “Trailblazer” seems the most apt description for the 28-year-old in a sport whose chief Dana White adamantly said woman would never fight. Rousey cornered White at a UFC event in Las Vegas saying: “I’m going to fight for you someday and I’m going to be your first world champion. She has been true to her word, with White admitting that Rousey single-handedly changed his mind about the gender make-up of UFC fights, the pair signing a deal back in 2012. In that short space of time, she has become a global star, luring an... When she beat the likes of Serena Williams and Lindsey Vonn to the ESPY Award for the world’s best female athlete, as well as the world’s best fighter, eclipsing Floyd Mayweather to that particular gong, she caused a stir. When she was awarded the latter honour, she said: “I wonder how Floyd Mayweather feels being beaten by a woman for once,” in reference to Mayweather’s previous track record on domestic abuse. Source: www.thenational.ae
