After her epic and inconceivable defeat at the UFC 193 to Holly Holm on Nov. 13, 2015, in Melbourne, Australia, "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) bounces back on a journey to reclaim her title in the UFC women's bantamweight division. She will go up against the reigning champion Amanda Nunes (13-4 MMA, 6-1 UFC) in a title fight at UFC 207.
This eagerly anticipated fight will show whether Rowdy Rousey still has it in her. The fight is scheduled for Dec. 30 and will be her first after the devastating head-kick knockout that ended her three-year-long hold on the UFC women's bantamweight title. It is the longest that anyone has ever held the title.
"Fear the Return," UFC's tagline in marketing the bout, will be fought at the Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena. It will have been 13 months (and a half) since she last set foot in the Octagon. Many speculations are ongoing about how the UFC 207 headliner will go. A prediction has been made on the outcome of the match in favor of Ronda Rousey over Amanda Nunes in round 2 of the match by means of submission.
While her varied fan base supports her comeback to the Octagon, Rowdy Rousey admits the bout may be one of the last ones she will have. She guested on the "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and intimated by her conversation that she may be retiring very soon.
Ronda Rousey said, "This is definitely one of my last fights. Everyone better watch, because the show isn't going to be around forever." For the occasion, she prepared a trailer that highlights the ups and downs in her career and promotes her upcoming bout. Although this may be disappointing to many of her supporters, she evidently has made an irrevocable decision borne from the fall she took when she lost at the UFC 193.
But she said she has learned a lot from her experience inside and outside the Octagon and learned that the "views" and the "money" she gets no longer mean anything to her. She shared with DeGeneres that she had considered taking her life after her fight with Holm.
She thought of herself as "nothing." She started to question herself and her ability to fight and to live.
