BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » 2008 Olympics https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 02:58:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 What Led UFC Women’s Champ Ronda Rousey from Judo to the Octagon? https://www.badmma.com/what-led-ufc-womens-champ-ronda-rousey-from-judo-to-the-octagon.html https://www.badmma.com/what-led-ufc-womens-champ-ronda-rousey-from-judo-to-the-octagon.html#comments Mon, 26 Aug 2013 01:31:03 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/what-led-ufc-womens-champ-ronda-rousey-from-judo-to-the-octagon.html Most fighters can point to a moment in time when mixed martial arts caught their eye and they said, “I could do that.” UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is no different. She had already competed in the 2004 Olympics as a Judoka – where she failed to medal – and was in the middle of another run, preparing for the 2008 Olympics, where she would win a bronze medal. She became the first American to win an Olympic medal in women’s judo. It was her judo team that unintentionally exposed her move to a career in fighting.

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What Led UFC Women’s Champ Ronda Rousey from Judo to the Octagon? – MMA Weekly

]]> https://www.badmma.com/what-led-ufc-womens-champ-ronda-rousey-from-judo-to-the-octagon.html/feed 0 Ronda Rousey on media attention: ‘I word things more colorfully than others’ https://www.badmma.com/ronda-rousey-on-media-attention-i-word-things-more-colorfully-than-others.html https://www.badmma.com/ronda-rousey-on-media-attention-i-word-things-more-colorfully-than-others.html#comments Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:45:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/ronda-rousey-on-media-attention-i-word-things-more-colorfully-than-others.html Even with their media exposure, Ronda Rousey takes pleasure in getting one over on her rival Miesha Tate . The UFC women’s bantamweight champion said an ESPN story on female athletes and breasts wasn’t just exciting because she was quoted, but because she got more copy than Tate. “Know why it was so awesome?” Rousey asked MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “Because it was the ‘Body Issue,’ and my picture with clothes on was bigger than Miesha’s naked picture, and my article quoted me more than her little snippet.” In the story, Rousey, a bronze medal winner in judo at the 2008 Olympics, spoke colorfully about about grappling with her own body as she fought Liz Carmouche at UFC 157, which was the first UFC pay-per-view event to feature female headliners.

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Ronda Rousey on media attention: ‘I word things more colorfully than others’ – MMA Junkie

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