Ronda Rousey Net Worth

Ronda Rousey's Quotes

• If there's chaos, it's good. And I need to put myself in situations where people are going to doubt me because I don't ever want to be in that lose lose situation where if you win, it's like, "Oh, of course you won," and if you lose, it's the end of the world. I want everyone to tell me that I can't do it because that motivates me more than anything.
• People just live such pampered and soft lives now that sometimes we need to get a little bit hurt and get a little bit in a fight to be reminded that we're still humans, that we're not living in bubble wrap.
• [on men being intimidated by her] Some guys are, but I feel like that just saves me time. If a guy is easily intimidated by a strong woman then that's obviously not the kind of man that I would be interested in anyway.
• [her biggest inspiration] My mom is like an X-Men. She's unbelievable. She got a perfect score on the SATs at 16, graduated college at 19. She won the world championships in Judo as a single mother, working as an engineer, and getting her PhD . . . all at the same time. And then after my dad died she took a business from scratch and turned it into a multi-million-dollar company. She's absolutely amazing. Every single day I just try to be a little more like her because if I was doing that, I know I'm improving as a person.
• [on how her life has changed since signing a UFC contract] Just a couple of months ago I held three jobs. I had no air-conditioning in my car. I was like, living off the Costco diet. We called it the bomb shelter diet, actually, because we would just go to Costco and buy everything that wouldn't expire.

Interesting Facts about Ronda Rousey

1. Fourth-degree black belt in judo.
2. At age 17 became youngest judoka (judo player) to compete at the Olympics, during the 2004 games in Athens, Greece.
3. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, she won a bronze medal, becoming the first American woman to win a medal since judo's inclusion in the Olympics.
4. Was given the nickname "The Arm Collector" because she has won all her mixed martial arts bouts by arm bar.
5. One of her nicknames, "Rowdy", was given to her by retired pro-wrestler "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
6. Her mother, Dr. AnnMaria DeMars, is a seventh-degree black belt in judo, and the first American to ever win a world championship in judo, in 1984.
7. Has two older sisters, Maria Burns-Ortiz and Jennifer Rousey, and one younger sister; Julia DeMars.
8. Her maternal grandfather, Joseph Arthur Waddell, was the son of immigrants from Trinidad, an island off the northeast coast of Venezuela; his ancestry included African, Spanish, and English, and he was the son of prominent Dr. Alfred Ernest Waddell, who settled in Canada. Ronda's other ancestry is 1/16th Polish, as well as English, German, Scottish, and distant Dutch.
9. She trains at Glendale Fighting Club under striking coach Edmond Tarverdyan and wrestling coach Juan Martín Berberián. She also trains at Hayestan MMA Academy under Gene LeBell, and Gokor Chivichyan and at Gracie Academy Torrence under Rener Gracie and Ryron Gracie.
10. Defeated Miesha Tate on March 3, 2012, to become the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion.
11. Fourth and final winner of the Strikeforce (2009) Bantamweight World Title.
12. Venice, California, USA: Teaching martial arts at Dynamic MMA and fighting professionally for MMA promotion Strikeforce. [March 2012]
13. Venice, California, USA; Current UFC women's bantamweight champion. [June 2013]
14. She suffered from damaged vocal cords after the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck during birth. Because of that, she wasn't able to speak until she was six years old.
15. Her father Ron Rousey committed suicide when she was eight years old. He had a rare disease called Bernard-Soulier Syndrome, a hemophilia-like disorder where the blood can't clot, which he didn't know he had. He broke his back in a sledding accident and it wasn't healing. His doctors told him that because of his condition, he had two years to live. First he'd become a paraplegic. Then he'd become a quadriplegic. Then he would die. So he killed himself to keep his family from going into debt and spare his family seeing him slowly die.
16. Ranked #42 on Maxim's Hot 100 for 2014.
17. Ronda has graced the covers of magazines Black Belt : May 2012, ESPN The Body Issue : September 2012, ESPN 15th Anniversary Issue : May 2013, UFC 360 : August 2013, Maxim : September 2013, and the UK's Fighter's Only : October 2013.
18. In August of 2014 she was ranked #8 Pound-By-Pound fighter in the world by the UFC, ahead of Johny Hendricks (#10), Vitor Belfort (#11) and Alexander Gustafsson (#13).
19. In November of 2012 she became the first female fighter to sign a contract with the UFC.
20. Is a gamer and enjoys playing World of Warcraft (2004), "Mario Kart", and "Just Dance". She also serves as a storyline consultant for the educational video game company, 7 Generation Games.