If you’re familiar with UFC then you have probably heard of Rhonda Rousey, also adopting the name Rhonda ‘Rowdy’ Rousey. This rising celebrity has not only an impressive status in the octagon but equally so in her background. No one cannot argue that she has worked for her title. To date she has had a total of 11 fights, four TKO’s and nine submissions. She averages two minutes and sixteen seconds per fight, seven of her 25 fights have ended in less than a minute. "Rousey’s 14-second submission victory marked the fastest finish of any kind in UFC championship fight history". When she was younger Rousey hit a few rough patches, the one that impacted her the most was when she was in the tender age of 8 when her father took his own life. Not too long after she started to struggle with school, so her mother encouraged her to learn judo at age 11. Not too long after picking it up she was invited to the United States Olympic team at age 15, the next year she earned the national number one ranking in the women's half-middleweight division. "Defending her Pan American Judo Championship title in 2006, Rousey became the first American woman in 12 years to earn a World Championship medal by finishing second in the 2007 tournament. She then won gold at the 2007 Pan American Games, despite a torn knee meniscus." Oh and there is more, it is no doubt that her impressive history with the art is what gives her that edge against her opponents. She ended up retiring from Judo when she was 21 until she brought herself out of retirement and graced the octagon. You might not think of women when you picture fights in the ever famed octagon, but she is surely shaping the image of the UFC and overall in MMA fighting.

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