Amid the endless rumors, Ronda Rousey has shut down any probability of her returning to the UFC.
The previous UFC ladies’s bantamweight queen suffered her first loss contained in the octagon 9 years in the past. A yr later, ‘Rowdy’ was knocked out by Amanda Nunes — which can doubtless function her last ever outing within the sport.
Regardless of stories suggesting in any other case, Ronda Rousey has confirmed that she’s going to by no means return to the UFC. In keeping with Rousey, her physique will not maintain up on the highest stage of fight.
“Each couple of years or months, the identical rumor comes out,” Rousey mentioned whereas addressing her return. “It is good to really feel missed, I assume.”
“However yeah, it isn’t taking place.im simply not neurologically match to compete anymore on the highest stage. I simply cannot.”
“You simply get to a stage the place the neurological accidents you’re taking accumulate over time, they do not get higher.”
Rousey attributes her incapability to proceed combating to the injury she’s endured over time.
“Once I obtained into MMA, I had already had dozens of concussions that I educated by. Like, not even stopped for. In order that was a couple of decade of getting concussion signs most of the time.”
“So, once I obtained into MMA, it was actually, I used to be taking part in a recreation of zero errors. It obtained to the purpose the place I used to be combating extra usually than anyone. I had extra outdoors of combating tasks than anyone.”
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“It simply obtained to be that lighter and lighter hits had been hurting me increasingly more and extra. It obtained to a degree the place I could not take a jab with out getting dazed, with out getting concussion signs.”
“It simply obtained to a degree the place it simply wasn’t secure for me to combat anymore. I simply could not proceed to combat at that increased stage.”
Ronda Rousey revealed that she needed to retire a lot earlier, however felt she owed ladies’s MMA extra.
“I needed to retire undefeated, I used to be looking for a manner out already.”
“However, it was all depending on me. What I realized from professional wrestling is that, retiring undefeated would have been such a egocentric purpose to have the ability to accomplish.”
“I might have taken all of that fairness with me and nobody would have revered the remainder of the ladies that I left behind.”
Watch Ronda Rousey’s interview beneath.
