BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Moment In Time 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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