Ronda Rousey grapples with memory of last fight as comeback nears
The haunting memory of Ronda Rousey's last fight lingers almost a decade after Amanda Nunez pulverized Rousey in a first-round TKO.
Ronda Rousey may be coming back for the money and the spotlight. She’s also coming back to bury a memory. A memory of her last MMA fight: a brutal TKO loss to Amanda Nunes, Dec.
30, 2016, almost a decade ago. Rousey has made it clear her MMA fight against Gina Carano on May 16 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. , is a chance to rewrite the last chapter of her career.
The action thriller ended like a nightmare. At 44, Carano looks to be suitably old and removed from her prime for Rousey to make a triumphant comeback at 39. But when she climbs into the cage for the first time in almost a decade, the horrifying memories might be with her.
Rousey fight: Why Ronda Rousey remains 'baddest woman on the planet' A hard stare, a stunning Rousey defeat Almost a year before fighting Nunes, Rousey looked terribly vulnerable for the first time in her career. Holly Holm landed a head kick in the second round and finished off Rousey with punches, dethroning Rousey after six straight title defenses. It was hard to imagine a more stunning defeat when Rousey got into the cage with Nunes in front of a sellout crowd of 18,533 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.