For her next trick, UFC women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey has crossed into the world of video games to make a little bit more history.

Rousey (12-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) will become the first female to land a global lead cover spot on an EA SPORTS title when she graces the cover of “EA UFC 2,” the second installment of the UFC video game franchise set for release in the spring.

“EA Sports is a cultural barometer to know what’s going on in sports at the moment,” Rousey stated. “As a gamer myself, it’s pretty surreal to be on the cover of the game and to have a woman on the cover of a UFC game shows a lot of progress. I’m really happy to be involved with it.”

The game was announced earlier this week, and today Rousey was revealed as the lead cover athlete. A slew of other features also were announced for “EA UFC 2,” including a new career mode, which for the first time will allow users to play as a male or female fighter.

EA Sports Creative Director Brian Hayes said Rousey was the natural choice for the cover given her superstar status in the sport and consistent ability to break down barriers as the reigning UFC women’s bantamweight champion.

“It’s the first time a female athlete’s been the lead cover athlete for an EA SPORTS title,” Hayes told MMAjunkie. “It shows how meteoric her rise has been. When we started development on ‘EA UFC 1,’ the women’s bantamweight division didn’t exist in the UFC. We weren’t planning on creating female fighters and then all of a sudden Ronda Rousey came around.

“As a result largely of what she’s accomplished, we’ve gone from when we signed the deal (with the UFC), there was no concept of female fighters in the game, to now there is a female fighter in the cover who is arguably the biggest UFC fighter in the world.”

Rousey was chosen to take one spot on the cover of the game. The other spot will soon be determined. The first “EA UFC” title saw Alexander Gustafsson win a cover spot after a fan vote put him on the cover alongside ex-UFC champ Jon Jones.

The list of potential candidates to join Rousey on this year’s cover has not been released.

Along with the new career mode, “EA UFC 2” will also featured an updated grappling system, refined character models and several other new modes such as the ability to create an event, fight in a knockout-only mode and much more.

The announcement of Rousey’s place on the game cover comes on the verge of her scheduled title defense against Holly Holm (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) at UFC 193. The event takes place on Saturday at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, with the main card on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.

For more on UFC 193, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.