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Ronda Rousey was convinced to try MMA by male training partners who said she would ‘kill the girls’

Ronda Rousey once thought a career in the cage was “unrealistic.” The former bantamweight champion is a pioneer in mixed martial arts, having competed in the very first female fight in UFC history over 12 years ago.

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