Ronda Rousey was recently fans excited by teasing an MMA comeback and bringing back memories of her dominant series in the UFC.
“Rowdy” Ronda Rousey recently showed her MMA skills with some new training images, because fans called for a comeback for the UFC legend.
Although she admitted that she used the opportunity to get back in shape after the birth of her second child, there could be a chance for the former UFC Bantamweight Champion to get back to the Octagon for the first time since 2016.
Because fans get enthusiastic about an unlikely return from Ronda Rousey, here are five of her most exciting battles that every MMA fan has to watch.
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5. Ronda Rousey finished Liz Carmouche in the first round of her UFC debut
A fight of Rousey's career that you have to view is her debut in the UFC, which marks a historic turning point for promotion.
After years on the sidelines, female hunters were finally admitted to the promotion in 2013, with Rousey vs Liz Carmouche the first women's competition in history.
It was much longer than your typical Rousey fight, almost a whole round before the Olympian locked up her patented arm bar to force Carmouche to tap with just 11 seconds to go in the round
4. Amanda Nunes ended the career of Ronda Rousey with a TKO in the first minute of their fight
Because of the fight that Rousey ran away from the UFC, apparently forever, was a devastating defeat against perhaps the greatest female hunter in the history of promotion.
After he had lost from Holly Holm (more about it later), Rousey took a year off to prepare for her comeback match against Amanda Nunes on UFC 207.
Rousey was in a fantastic form, but could not handle the constant barrage of hits van Nunes. She struggled to defend herself against the bumps of the Brazilian, who hit her against the cage, with a zero reaction from the former champion.
It was 48 seconds of nunes that Rousey repeatedly hit the face, where the referee did everyone a favor by ending the fight when he did.
3. Ronda Rousey landed a 16-second knockout slap on UFC 175
Rousey's second-quickest Ko came to UFC 175, where Alexis Davis tasted the defeat in the most brutal way.
The Olympic bronze medal Judoka defended her title against Davis in 2014 in a fight that hardly went to work before it was over.
The couple of duds to kick off the fight before Rousey took over control with a judo throw to get Davis off her feet with supreme precision.
She was eliminated by a series of bumps of “Rowdy”, where Davis tried to fight against the referee and doctors because of how she followed the impressive victory.
2. Holly Holm scored Ronda Rousey in one of the largest shocks in the UFC
The nature of fighting means that one happy punch can cause upset. Holly Holm's enormous upset victory over Ronda Rousey was not something like that.
In one of the biggest shocks in the UFC history, Holm surpassed the unbeaten UFC Ladiesbantamweight champion before he hit her at UFC 193.
Rousey was not prepared to face the former boxer and was sent in the second round with a huge punch, before a huge kick put asleep against Rousey and ended her title run in style.
1. Ronda Rousey finished Cat Zingano in just 14 seconds
If you get the chance to see a finish of 14 seconds all over the world of MMA, you have to do your best to view it.
Rousey's title defense against Cat Zingano did exactly that, making the fight just as exciting as it was short.
She blocked a flying knee from Zingano to immediately bring her down, throw in the air to lock an impressive headlock before she switched beautifully into an arm bar.
Zingano had no other choice than to tap into one of the most spectacular finishes of Rousey's career and her most exciting MMA fight of all time.