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Daily Mail
14 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Mail
UFC champion Ronda Rousey reveals traumatic medical consequences of fighting in the ring
UFC legend Ronda Rousey has revealed that she is still suffering with scary aftereffects of her career in the octagon. Rousey, 38, cemented herself in UFC lore as the promotion's first female champion - a title she successfully defended six times before retiring in 2016. Yet, it has now been over eight years since she last stepped in the ring, with her legendary UFC run ending in back-to-back losses Amanda Nunes and Holly Holm. However, the former Bantamweight fighter has now confessed that even years later she still suffers with long-term medical consequences from her countless bouts. Rousey, who welcomed her second daughter with her husband, former UFC heavyweight Travis Browne, in January, revealed that she is sometimes struck with temporary spells of blindness. 'Two of my triggers (are) bright lights and head impacts—so I'd get hit and I'd basically lose big chunks of my vision and my depth perception and my ability to track movements quickly and make snap decisions, which is basically all the things that I need and I thought I have a concussion,' Rousey told 'Untapped.' 'I'm out on my feet, but I wouldn't be stumbling around. I didn't lose my balance. This was like, I had to retire because this kept happening to me more and more often to the point where I would get a jab and I would basically go blind.' She explained that she consulted doctors on the medical repercussions of her career and is working to address the neurological issues. Rousey reportedly blames the issues on a history of concussions dating back to her days competing in judo - long before her UFC career. 'I don't have any regrets or anything like that,' Rousey said. 'Fortunately, I have a lot more information now about what was going on with me. I just felt like I couldn't be honest about what I was physically going through without people feeling like I was making excuses for myself. I also feel like I didn't owe anyone any explanation especially if they were going to shit all over it. So yeah, I needed to figure out what was going on first. 'Dana sent me to this long-term fighters' neurological study and they actually made some—I wouldn't call them breakthroughs, but actually were able to diagnose a lot of the stuff that was going on with me and I guess still is. I just didn't have all the information at that time. So, I couldn't hand that information to me then to explain things better now, so no, I don't dwell on that at all. It was the best I could do with what I had.' Rousey became the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo by winning bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She began her MMA career in 2011 with King of the Cage before shortly joining Strikeforce. Nicknamed 'Rowdy', she won the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight title in her fifth fight and fifth straight win as a professional MMA fighter. She kept the title up until the UFC brought out the promotion. Upon acquiring the entire Strikeforce roster, Dana White crowned Rousey the UFC women's bantamweight queen—a title she successfully defended six times as her stardom took off to unprecedented heights. She went 12-0 in MMA before losing to Holm via second-round KO with a head kick in 2015. Over one year later, she was gifted a title fight in her UFC return before losing to Nunes in 48 seconds without landing a significant strike. Following her legendary MMA career, Rousey had a successful five-year run with WWE that ended in 2023.
New York Post
07-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Kayla Harrison taking over title as face of women's MMA ‘would be an honor'
'The face of women's MMA,' as a distinction, undoubtedly predates the UFC adding female weight classes, but the notion blew up with the rocket-boosted rise of Ronda Rousey more than a decade ago. It's an unofficial, subjective title that's bounced around in the years since, but there's been a bit of a void since the 2023 retirement of Amanda Nunes. Kayla Harrison, with a win over bantamweight champion Julianna Peña on Saturday in the UFC 316 co-main event at Prudential Center, is ready and willing to take up the mantle. 'It would be an honor,' Harrison told The Post this week. 'Selfishly, I do this sport because I love it and I want to see how high I can climb. But to be a role model, to be a champion for the sport and for the fans is something that is an honor, and I take it as a responsibility. It's one I don't take lightly.
SBS Australia
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- SBS Australia
Top new series coming to SBS On Demand in June 2025
L-R: Bosch: Legacy, The Secret Genius of Modern Life, Blinded and Black Daisies. Dark Side of the Cage, season 1 Couples Therapy Australia, seasons 1-2 Bosch: Legacy, season 2 Blinded, season 3 Travels with Agatha & Sir David Suchet, season 1 Moonbird, season 1 Families Like Ours, season 1 The Secret Genius of Modern Life, season 3 A Girls' Guide to Hunting, Fishing & Wild Cooking, seasons 1-2 Black Daisies, season 1 Warm Props, season 1 Dark Side of the Cage cuts through the glamour and glory of the MMA spectacle to reveal the never-before-told stories behind its most iconic competitors and delves into the controversial and infamous events along the path to the sport's dominance. This series sheds a new light on the MMA and iconic fighters like Diego Sanchez, Nick Diaz and Ronda Rousey, as well as the rise and fall of Japan's greatest MMA league, PRIDE FC. Dark Side of the Cage premieres Tuesday 3 June on SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand. Episodes air weekly at SBS VICELAND starting Tuesday 3 June at 10.15pm. Couples Therapy is a documentary series that follows real couples through months of couple's therapy with a highly regarded therapist. The series is filmed almost entirely in the therapist's office where we watch a diverse group of couples dive into their long standing conflicts, explore their personal histories and seek connection and new compassion for each other. In Couples Therapy Australia , we are taken through multiple sessions of therapy with psychotherapist Marryam Chehelnabi. The premise of Couples Therapy is that most couples suffer in isolation, rarely sharing the truth of their struggle with others. In fact, studies have shown that couples that seek therapy stay miserable for six years on average before they reach out for help. This show allows audiences the opportunity to watch people in conflict move through differences and find fresh avenues of connection. At its core, this series is purely documentary. Situations are not contrived; the stakes and tension are not manufactured. These are real, relatable couples in crisis, doing the actual work of therapy. Although the therapist's office is custom built for the production, it is unlike any other sets in that production is entirely invisible to the subjects. The couples entering the therapist space never see a camera, or a light stand. The show is rigorously designed so the therapist and the couples forget about the cameras and expose their true selves to each other and to us. Couples Therapy Australia seasons 1-2 premieres Thursday 5 June on SBS On Demand. Also, Couples Therapy season 4, part two is now available to stream at SBS On Demand. Episodes air weekly at SBS VICELAND every Monday at 10.45pm. In season 2 of Bosch: Legacy , former homicide detective Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) moves on to a new chapter as a private investigator. Tenacious as always, nothing can shake his strong personal code that drives him to seek justice for murder victims. Brilliant defence attorney and one-time enemy of Bosch, Honey 'Money' Chandler (Mimi Rogers), continues to display her mastery of the legal system, holding the powers-that-be accountable. She is smart, ruthless and shrewdly determined. Maddie (Madison Lintz), daughter of Bosch, charts her own course as a legacy in law enforcement. Wanting to follow in her father's footsteps, she's smart, independent and knows how to deal with scrutiny. Bosch: Legacy season 2 premieres Thursday 12 June on SBS On Demand. In 1922, long before she became the world's best-selling author, Agatha Christie embarked upon an epic world tour. Now, 100 years later, Poirot actor Sir David Suchet is following in her footsteps. On her incredible adventure, Agatha journeyed across what was then the British Empire, visiting Southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, while also taking a holiday in Hawaii. Now, armed with his trusty camera to capture a unique record of his travels, Sir David will see what she saw, discovering how this journey influenced her life and her writing, and revealing new sides to her character. As well as delving into Agatha's past, Sir David will explore the fascinating histories of the countries she visited. He'll find out how things have changed in the hundred years since her trip and will see how different communities are grappling with and transforming the complex legacies of colonialism. Travels with Agatha Christie & David Suchet premieres Saturday 14 June on SBS and SBS On Demand. Episodes air weekly at SBS starting Saturday 14 June at 7.30pm. A gripping financial crime thriller that expertly explores journalism, politics, bank corruption and international fraud while simultaneously navigating complex personal relationships. Financial journalist Bea Farkas and her new colleague Karim Abassi decide to dig into a Scandinavian telecom company building 5G networks in the Middle East. What starts as a routine investigation reveals corruption, with the company bribing Taliban warlords. When a Swedish engineer is kidnapped, Bea and Karim find themselves in the middle of a dangerous power struggle. After their report is published, Dagbladet is attacked and Karim is seriously injured. At the brand new high-tech hospital New Eleonora Institute's ICU, where Karim is being treated, all life support systems suddenly collapse. Will Karim survive? Bea discovers that the hospital is run by an unscrupulous consultancy company that profits from taxpayers' money. Meanwhile, Bea's grandmother reveals that her father, who she thought was gone forever, is alive and running the controversial Logos school group. Bea is forced to confront a brutal reality - exposing the corruption surrounding her newfound father could ruin their relationship forever. Blinded season 3 premieres Thursday 19 June on SBS On Demand. Moonbird was one of only eight projects worldwide to be featured in the Short Forms Competition at Series Mania in 2025. It is a co-production between the first-ever Tasmanian Aboriginal screen production company, Kutikina Productions, and Sheoak Films. Produced by Catherine Pettman and Adam Thompson, the series explores the relationship between a recently sober father (Kyle Morrison) and his son (Lennox Monaghan; Deadloch , Windcatcher ) who attempt to reconnect through a traditional muttonbirding season on a remote Tasmanian island. Moonbird premieres Thursday 19 June at 8.30pm on NITV and SBS On Demand. You can find Moonbird and more brilliantly unique Digital Originals here . Countries disappear, love remains. Denmark, in a not-too-distant future. The rising water levels can no longer be ignored and the country needs to be evacuated. As people disperse in all directions, they must bid farewell to what they love, what they know, and who they are. Slowly but steadily, everything changes. All property becomes worthless, all fortunes shift, and luck favours only a few. Those who can afford it travel to affluent countries while the less well-off depend on government-funded relocation to more challenging destinations. Families, friends, and loved ones are separated. Some will be overcome by hatred and division, while others will nurture love and foster new beginnings. Against this backdrop we meet Laura, a high school student in love for the first time and on the cusp of graduation. When news of the evacuation breaks, the course of Laura and her family's lives are changed forever, and Laura is forced into the impossible dilemma of choosing between the three people she loves the most. Families Like Ours season 1 premieres Friday 20 June on SBS On Demand. The Secret Genius of Modern Life – the show that unpacks the amazing science and mind-boggling innovation behind everyday objects – is back for its third series. Once again Professor Hannah Fry will be your hammer-wielding, tech-savvy tour guide to the extraordinary stories behind everything from Airfryers to Roller Coasters. With series 1 and 2 attracting a loyal audience of millions and social media clips racking up over 20 million views, this is one you don't want to miss… In episode one, it's all about the Air Fryer – a device that's rapidly taking over our kitchens, cooking up everything from bread rolls to baked Alaska and almost making our ovens obsolete! Not bad for something that's only been around for 15 years. Hannah dives into its surprising history, going behind the scenes with Air Fryer originators Philips, and discovers how the accidental creation of a wonder wire in the 1900s, a WWII pilot's cold dinner, and one man tinkering in his garage, brought us this modern marvel that's redefining cooking. The Secret Genius of Modern Life season 3 premieres Saturday 21 June on SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand. Episodes air weekly at SBS VICELAND starting Saturday 21 June at 6.35pm. The Secret Genius of Modern Life World renowned, Michelin star trained chef, Analiese Gregory is raising the stakes in the new season of her hit SBS series, A Girl's Guide to Hunting, Fishing and Wild Cooking . The eight-part series will premiere on Monday 23 June at 7.30pm on SBS On Demand and SBS Food. After taking the biggest risk of her life and giving up an international restaurant career for a new life in a 115-year-old cottage in rural Tasmania, in season two Analiese is turning her cottage into a small boutique eatery. In each thirty-minute episode of this stunningly original series, Analiese will source the freshest local ingredients for the menu as she builds to a dramatic opening of her intimate 10-seater eatery. Seeking culinary inspiration for her new eatery, Analiese will dive into exciting new outdoor adventures, including hunting for wallaby, spearfishing and catching lobster by hand as she expands her quest for the best produce and freshest ingredients. Supported by her faithful new dog, a growing collection of farm animals and her local community, Analiese works to transform her farm into being more self-sufficient and ecoconscious. Living sustainably while showcasing new recipes that celebrate the best of pristine Tasmania, this season Analiese creates incredible dishes from land to plate including cauliflower fritters with garlic aioli, lobster cannelloni with a white asparagus sauce, char siu bao (pork roast buns), tender roast leg of lamb, and wallaby rendang. Learn how to eat seasonally, re-connect with nature, and bring some wilderness into your life with A Girl's Guide to Hunting, Fishing and Wild Cooking . A Girls' Guide to Hunting, Fishing and Wild Cooking premieres Monday 23 June on SBS Food and SBS On Demand. Episodes air weekly at SBS Food starting Monday 23 June at 7.30pm. A Girl's Guide to Hunting, Fishing and Wild Cooking Amidst the echoes of a small town's past, Lena, a haunted geologist, faces her worst fear: her estranged teenage daughter vanishes alongside kindergarten children in her care. Returning to her hometown, Lena partners with Rafal, a childhood friend now a policeman. Together, they uncover a chilling link to a local businesswoman with a dark facade of philanthropy. As they navigate an eerie underworld of abandoned tunnels and lurking dangers, a question emerges: Could the town's WWII history hold the key? Lena and Rafal's journey intertwines present and past, unveiling a truth that could reshape the town's destiny. Black Daisies season 1 premieres Thursday 26 June on SBS On Demand. Warm Props takes audiences behind the scenes with Charlie (Tehya Makani), who returns to a chaotic film shoot in her hometown in Western Australia and must then face her past as her narcissistic boss threatens the stability of her career and personal life. The heartening series is brought to life by acclaimed creator and writer Jub Clerc ( Mystery Road: Origin , Sweet As ), co-writer Kimberly Benjamin ( Our Medicine , Big Backyard Quiz ), directed by Clerc and Benjamin, and produced by Jodie Bell for Ramu Productions. It also stars Rarriwuy Hick ( True Colours , Erotic Stories , Wentworth, Redfern Now ) and Jillian Nguyen ( Apple Cider Vinegar, Hungry Ghosts ). Principal production funding from Screen Australia in association with SBS, with support from Screenwest and Lotterywest. Developed with assistance of Screen Australia and SBS. Warm Props premieres Thursday 26 June at 8:30pm on NITV and SBS On Demand. You can find Warm Props and more brilliantly unique Digital Originals here . Share this with family and friends SBS's award winning companion podcast. Join host Yumi Stynes for Seen, a new SBS podcast about cultural creatives who have risen to excellence despite a role-model vacuum.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Ronda Rousey Speaks Out on UFC Rejection and Media Criticism
At one point, no athlete in MMA was more recognizable than Ronda Rousey. The former Olympic judoka didn't just dominate the women's bantamweight division—she transformed it. With a string of first-round armbars, Rousey helped usher in an entirely new era for the UFC, becoming the organization's first female champion and a mainstream crossover icon. But a recent interview sheds new light on the disconnect between her legacy and how she feels perceived today. In a vulnerable conversation with High Performance, Rousey opened up about her relationship with the UFC fanbase and media. 'Pretty sure if I walked into the arena, I'd be booed,' she said. 'I gave them everything I had and it wasn't enough.' She also addressed the media's role in reshaping her image, saying, 'I feel like I'm really vilified by MMA media at this point… I'm not really, you know, well welcomed back which is why I haven't gone to a UFC fight since.' Rousey also revealed a major factor in her UFC departure—long-term concussion symptoms possibly linked to CTE. In her memoir Our Fight, she wrote candidly about suffering concussions as far back as childhood and how the accumulation of head trauma continued throughout her judo and MMA careers. She described symptoms such as blackouts, vision issues, and numbness, noting that even light impacts could trigger episodes. The potential long-term effects, including CTE, weighed heavily on her decision to walk away. Over time, the toll on her health became too great to ignore. Ronda RouseyGetty Images Since stepping away from the UFC, Rousey has exited WWE and turned her focus to life outside the ring. She authored her memoir Our Fight, released in 2024, and has shifted attention to her family, raising her two daughters and embracing a quieter life away from the spotlight that once followed her every move. Recently, brief clips of Rousey training surfaced online, sparking speculation about a potential return to either WWE or the UFC. However, as of now, no official announcement or confirmation has been made regarding a comeback. Related: UFC Rising Star Sends Sparring Offer to Charles Oliveira 'I Can Imitate Topuria Perfectly' Related: Jake Paul Confirms Undisputed Heavyweight Champ Wants MMA Fight: 'They Reached Out'
BBC News
15-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Ex-UFC champion Holm joins Paul's Most Valuable Promotions
Former UFC bantamweight title holder Holly Holm is set to return to boxing after signing with Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions (MVP).The American, 43, who is a multiple world champion in boxing, left the sport to switch to MMA before joining the UFC in knocked out Ronda Rousey with a head kick to earn the bantamweight belt the same year and won eight of her 16 bouts in the first fight under MVP management will be against Mexico's Yolanda Vega on 28 June at the Honda Centre in Anaheim, bout is set be a 10-round lightweight bout contested over two-minute rounds."This new chapter is going to be an exciting journey, and I'm looking forward to the challenge," said Holm."Coming full circle back to boxing... I've spent most of my MMA career at 135 pounds (9st 9lb), and now I have the opportunity to make my boxing debut at that weight."With boxing titles in three higher weight classes under my belt, I'm eager to pursue a fourth title in a new division." Holm made her professional boxing debut in 2002 and won 33 of her 38 bouts, including world championships in three different weight making her MMA debut in 2011, she leaves the sport having won 15 of her 23 professional bouts across a 13-year States-based promotion MVP has been securing some of the world's best female boxers in recent months, signing Chantelle Cameron, Savannah Marshall Ellie Scotney and Ramla bout with Vega features on the undercard of American Paul's fight with Mexico's Julio Cesar Chavez is a divisive figure in boxing, but continues to be one of the biggest draws in the sport and has championed the female code through MVP.
