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Ready to Rumble? Rousey faces uncertain future outside UFC
WTOP News [Washington DC] ^ | January 28, 2018 10:43 am | AP

Posted on 01/28/2018 12:47:53 PM PST by COBOL2Java


PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ronda Rousey might not yet be ready to rumble.

Rousey posted an Instagram video over the weekend of herself in Colombia enjoying a night out with the crew filming her latest movie.

Rousey, the UFC superstar on perhaps permanent hiatus from mixed martial arts, laughed as she panned the camera around the table and had her party shout out what kind of food was on their plates.

“We have a smorgasbord of cultural amazingness,” Rousey said.

Rousey is in South America to film the action thriller “Mile 22” with Mark Wahlberg and John Malkovich. She has not fought since she suffered a 48-second loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 207 in December 2016. Rousey (12-2) lost two straight bouts in 13 months and took a break to extend her entertainment credits, including a stint as team coach in the reboot of “Battle of the Network Stars.”

Her next battle could come inside a WWE ring.

Rousey has met with WWE executives about the possibility of leaving the octagon for a career in sports entertainment.

WWE fans have been clamoring for Rousey to make the move and speculation ran wild that she would make her debut Sunday at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Rousey has made cameo appearances on WWE programming the last few years and even trained at the company’s performance center in Orlando, Florida.

WWE will hold its first women’s Royal Rumble match (an over-the-top-rope battle royale) which seemed for some fans an opportune time to debut Rousey.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Sports
KEYWORDS: rondarousey; ufc
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1 posted on 01/28/2018 12:47:53 PM PST by COBOL2Java
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To: COBOL2Java

A real, genuine, sword maiden to accompany me to Valhalla. YES!


2 posted on 01/28/2018 12:49:53 PM PST by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: COBOL2Java

You dont quit, you come back and keep going.


3 posted on 01/28/2018 12:51:28 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: COBOL2Java
Ready to Rumble? Rousey faces uncertain future outside UFC

Yeah, well - when your only real skill is being able to beat up other women and that falls through, it's time to start developing new skills. Rousey is kind of attractive, and she's got some opportunities in Hollywood - that's much less uncertainty than most young people face.
4 posted on 01/28/2018 12:51:46 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: COBOL2Java

The challenge for all athletes in sports that don’t make you rich. Done by 35 and now you need some marketable skills.


5 posted on 01/28/2018 12:53:13 PM PST by discostu (Lick here [ ] you might be one of the lucky 25.)
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To: dljordan

Well, never mind, you win. Unless she likes saxophone.


6 posted on 01/28/2018 12:54:02 PM PST by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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To: COBOL2Java

Ronda has had some spectacular loses, but there are still many fans who adore her based on that first impression of Bad-Ass Street Fighter. Ronda will keep finding work in the entertainment industry, at least for a while.

She is a new face and is appealing. A lot of people like her. I expect she’ll be given some minor movie roles next.
So far, she is not talking politics. Good.


7 posted on 01/28/2018 12:56:19 PM PST by lee martell
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To: discostu

“The challenge for all athletes in sports that don’t make you rich. Done by 35 and now you need some marketable skills.”

She’s done well to build a name and a brand, and if she plays it right she can do very well.


8 posted on 01/28/2018 12:57:53 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: COBOL2Java

Until she came out as a Bernie-bro, I actually liked her — don’t know if she copped out and went with the Hildabeast or not.

I think she’d be really good in some martial arts movies (think along the lines of Bloodsport and the like).


9 posted on 01/28/2018 1:02:23 PM PST by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: COBOL2Java

She failed to improve her skill set for MMA. Can’t win fights with mean faces, especially when the other ladies are practicing all day long.

In the end she bought all of her own hype, and really became quite a jerk.

Sad.


10 posted on 01/28/2018 1:03:34 PM PST by chris37 (Take a week off racist >;-)
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To: lee martell

Her strength is wrestling.

She’s not very good at throwing a punch or executing a kick.


11 posted on 01/28/2018 1:04:38 PM PST by Conserv
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To: chris37
Rhonda Rousey, dreaming about a second career:


12 posted on 01/28/2018 1:10:14 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: dljordan

A real, genuine, sword maiden to accompany me to Valhalla. YES!


Raving Liberal to accompany leading Freeper to Valhalla!


13 posted on 01/28/2018 1:10:49 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: chris37

True dat Chris, arm bars will only take you so far,and the rest of the girls figured out how to avoid that. I knew she would loose to Holly Holms, because in her 2nd fight with Misha, Misha taggered her on the chin, and hurt her but couldn’t follow up and lost. As soon as I saw she was fighting a boxer (Holms), I knew she would loose. She hasn’t progressed from her ju jitsu, and has a weak chin.


14 posted on 01/28/2018 1:12:05 PM PST by crosdaddy
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To: COBOL2Java

A smart mouthed Trump hater. It was great watching that Brazilian dike kick jer ass so throughly.


15 posted on 01/28/2018 1:13:15 PM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism us truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: PIF; dljordan

> A real, genuine, sword maiden to accompany me to Valhalla. YES!


>> Raving Liberal to accompany leading Freeper to Valhalla!

Opposites attract?


16 posted on 01/28/2018 1:13:39 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: markomalley
"Until she came out as a Bernie-bro, I actually liked her"

Maybe she is a victim of brain damage?


17 posted on 01/28/2018 1:18:59 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: Pearls Before Swine
Opposites attract?

They do, until they don't.

18 posted on 01/28/2018 1:21:29 PM PST by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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To: COBOL2Java

I guess she’ll have to fall back on that multi-million dollar modeling career


19 posted on 01/28/2018 1:22:27 PM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: PIF

Really? She’s a liberal?


20 posted on 01/28/2018 1:28:08 PM PST by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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