Former UFC fighter Ronda Rousey recently has revealed the reason why she decided to hang up her boots from MMA in 2016.
Ronda Rousey speaks
Ahead of her bantamweight title run came to an end, she had been the biggest star of he sport. Her title run was ended by Holly Holm who knocked her out cold with a head kick at UFC 193 in November 2015.
After 13 months away from the Octagon, Rousey made her comeback against the new 135lb queen Amanda Nunes and was stopped with a series of strikes in just 48 seconds at UFC 207 in December 2016.
The American was just 29 years old at the time and appeared to still have a future in fighting, but she quickly announced her retirement from UFC and never fought again.
Eight years later, Rousey disclosed a ‘secret’ health issue that forced her to make that decision, and it explains why she will never return to the UFC despite constant rumors about a comeback fight.
The Olympic medallist in judo is currently promoting her new book ‘Our Fight’, which includes previously untold stories about her history of concussions.
“My concussion history that I had to keep secret for years, so I would be able to continue to compete and perform,” Rousey said on Instagram Live when asked to reveal something from the book that she’s never spoken about previously. “That’s basically why I had to retire.”