Ronda Rousey

Ronda Jean Rousey ( born February 1, 1987 in Santa Monica ) is an American judoka and mixed martial arts fighter. They used to train at the Olympic Training Center in Wakefield, Massachusetts under guidance of Jimmy Pedro and is now part of Team Hayastan in Santa Monica, California. Rousey trains under Gokor Chivichyan, Leo Frincu and Gene LeBell, along with Team Hayastan fighters such as Manny Gamburyan, Karen Darabedyan, Sako Chivitchian and Sevak Magakian.

Rousey is the first woman who has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Olympic judo career

With only 17 years, Rousey qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and was the youngest judoka throughout the games. Also in 2004, Rousey won a gold medal at the Judo Junior World Championships in Budapest.

In April 2006 she won gold at the Birmingham World Cup in Great Britain. Later that year, she won the bronze medal at the Junior World Championships. She won the silver medal at the World Judo Championships in 2007 in the middleweight class and the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in 2007.

In August 2008, Rousey took part in Beijing at the 2008 Olympic Games. She lost in the quarterfinals against the Dutch ex- world champion Edith Bosch but qualified for a match for the bronze medal in which they defeated Annett Boehm of Germany.

MMA Career

Rousey made ​​her MMA debut as an amateur on August 6, 2010. She defeated Hayden Munoz by armbar. On 12 November 2010 she won against Autumn Richardson by task ( armbar ).

On 7 January 2011 she won against Taylor Stratford.

Your pro debut, she had on 27 March 2011 compared Ediane Gomes. After another Erstrundensiegen against Charmaine Tweet, Sarah D' Alello and Julia Budd, Rousey became effective on March 3, 2012 at the Strikeforce main fight against Miesha Tate Title wearer. Also, this fight could Rousey decide for themselves and defeat Tate by Submission ( Armbar ), which she won the Strikeforce bantamweight titles of women. This title she successfully defended on 18 August 2012, compared Sarah Kaufman. Again, she won by a Armbar in the first round.

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