Former UFC ladies’s bantamweight champion and UFC Corridor of Famer Ronda Rousey is not going to be returning to competitors regardless of any hope for a return from one of many sport’s greatest begins.
“Each couple years … the identical rumor comes out,” Rousey instructed the Perception podcast. “It’s good to really feel missed, I assume. However it’s not occurring. I’m not neurologically match to compete anymore on the highest degree. I simply can’t.
“You simply get to a degree the place the neurological accidents you are taking accumulate over time. They don’t get higher.”
“Rowdy” Rousey who was as soon as undefeated at 12-0 suffered with despair following a large UFC 193 head kick knockout by now former champion Holly Holm. Rousey returned to motion a 12 months later to tackle Amanda Nunes and suffered a brutal loss in that outing as effectively.
Following inactivity in MMA, she ventured into the world {of professional} wrestling the place she grew to become champion within the WWE.
The previous Olympian who competed in Judo the vast majority of her life lately revealed that she has handled concussions from an early age.
“Once I obtained into MMA, I had already had dozens of concussions that I educated via,” Rousey stated. “Like, not even stopped for. In order that was a couple of decade of getting concussion signs as a rule. So, after I obtained into MMA, I used to be enjoying a recreation of zero errors. Then it obtained to the purpose the place I used to be combating extra typically than anyone. I had extra outdoors of combating obligations than anyone, and it simply obtained to be lighter and lighter hits had been hurting me an increasing number of and extra.
“I obtained to some extent the place I couldn’t take a jab with out getting dazed, with out getting concussion signs. It simply obtained to some extent the place it wasn’t secure for me to combat anymore. I simply couldn’t proceed to combat at that increased degree.”
