Ronda Rousey, from child prodigy to Undisputed UFC Champion

Ronda Rousey has been a prodigy, a fact that her mother noticed when she was only a child. Before she started breaking bones and fame, the 13-year-old child prodigy had caught the eye of many.

Ever since she entered Junior High, her mom AnnMaria De Mars was baffled by her unassailable athletic talents. De Mars was in her own a world-class judoka, who brought home the world judo championship for the first time to America, so Rousey had big boots to fill in; however, that didn’t make her stumble.

De Mars spotted her prodigious daughter’s talent and did what any mother would do, train her for a better future. Unfortunately, Rousey was snubbed by the USA judo governing body then.

She summed up the situation, “I called up USA Judo, the governing body for judo, and I said, ‘I have this kid and I seriously think she is going to be something special,’” She continued, ”’I don’t just say it because she’s my kid, because I have three other kids. I’m telling you Ronda has something. Can you send me a program for what to do with really gifted athletes?’ They kind of laughed and said, ‘That would be nice to have.’ So I kind of made it up as I went along.”

The undefeated MMA star, Rousey ridiculed the jests thrown at her to achieve great things as she won a bronze medal in 2008 Olympics and a year before that she won the silver medal at the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro. Rousey has never looked back since and continued with her streak of dominance.

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Rousey has been running amok in UFC women’s bantamweight division and there seems to be nobody available that is even a semblance of challenge for the champ. The 28-year-old judoka expert has been on an 11-match winning streak.

UFC President Dana White used to say that he would never do women’s MMA and going into 2015, Rousey is proving to be the one carrying UFC weekends when others fail to even appear.

Dana White said “Nobody could have predicted how insane this would be.” He further added “I need fighters [to challenge Rousey].”

Many people are now rating Rousey as the #1 pound-for-pound fighter, even ahead of Jon Jones, but it would it would be interesting to hear what the UFC fans think on the matter.

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