Rousey On Her Neurological Issues – ‘I’m Getting Some Help’

Ronda Rousey has opened up on the neurological issues that plagued her fighting career.

The former UFC Bantamweight Champion made six title defenses before her consecutive losses to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes. Rousey then left the UFC, as she had a stint in WWE. While she was linked with a return to the UFC at UFC 300, it never materialized. Rousy said she is comfortable in her life as she focuses on motherhood. 

Rousey also discussed her medical issues in her memoir, which caused her UFC decline. Rousey stated her concussion history starting during her judo days. Rousey believes that trauma to the head was made worse by epilepsy in her family history. Rousey admitted that even a jab could blind her temporarily, as she knew she could not continue at the elite level. Although Rousey cannot fight professionally, she is taking steps to deal with her struggles. 

Rousey’s Struggles

“[The doctor] said what he thinks is happening is these impacts, now because of all the concussions, are setting off these migraine events, which is like my neurons get overly excited and then they shut down. So it could be a game changer because there could actually be some solutions to it. Before I was like, ‘Oh, it’s just inevitably declined and I inevitably declined until I was shitting my pants. Great. This is my life now.’ I was like, I need to stop this or else I’m just speeding this up.

“Now that I’m kind of getting some help in diagnosis and stuff like that, I’m much more hopeful than I’ve ever been and instead of just being like, ‘OK, this is just part of it, I’ve just got to walk away before it gets worse,’ possibly there’s something I can do to make it better. I just didn’t have this information back then. I didn’t know what to say other than there’s something going on with me and I can’t fight anymore because of it,” Rousey said