It takes a lot of preparation to get ready for a fight. Weeks of training camp getting prepared for an opponent, the weight cutting, the adrenaline surrounding fight week, everything needs to be considered when judging a performance in the octagon. A good camp can make or break a fighter’s chances, but for Ronda Rousey, her fight camps towards the end of her UFC career had become very toxic. “But it was also the toxicity of my training camp. The process wasn’t fun anymore, and I was just so over it. Everything was so result-oriented, and I wanted to enjoy the everyday and not just the possible results.”

Just over a year after her loss to Amanda Nunes, Rousey would sign with the WWE. However, she didn’t want to go public about the negotiations, or even her problems with concussions given WWE’s history with concussion protocol. “That’s kind of what led me to pro wrestling, but I didn’t wanna go public about it, because I didn’t want WWE to be like, ‘We don’t want to work with you,’ because of the baggage. They’ve had bad press from concussions in the past. So, I had to keep it to myself, but that’s kind of what forced my hand.”

In the end, it was revealed to Rousey that her various symptoms she thought were from repeated concussions were actually something different, and she has UFC President Dana White for helping her discovering the issues. “Fortunately, because Dana sent me to the Cleveland Clinic, we got a diagnosis for what was actually going on with me. They think it’s actually migraines, and they got me on preventative migraine medication, and we’ve been able to test with sparring and see that it works. It’s been absolutely life-changing for me.”

Rousey knows that the upcoming fight with Carano will likely be her last, but she’s hoping that for one last time, she can prove why at one point in time, she was known to many as “The Baddest Woman on the Planet.”

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