Ronda Rousey | Personal Life, Net Worth & Career

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Rondа Rоusеу is a US-based mixed martial artist, judoka but knоwn by many as a WWE Performer and an avid actor.

She was a RAW’s Women’s Division member during her short stint at WWE. With 231 days as RAW Women’s Champion, she holds the record for the second-longest reign in the title’s history.

Rouseу was the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo, and she was a former UFC women’s champion.

Ronda Rousey helped bring women’s mixed martial arts to mainstream audiences on her way to becoming the first female UFC champion.

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Ronda Rousey giving an interview for the WWE (source: Wikimedia)

Rousey is the only female champion in the WWE and UFC, also the only female to headline a pay-per-view event in both organizations.

In a 2015 ESPN fan poll, she was chosen as the finest female athlete of all time, and Fox Sports called her “one of the defining athletes of the twenty-first century.”

Rousey has also acted in films such as The Expendables 3 (2014), Furious 7 (2015), and Mile 22 (2018), making her garner international fame to a wider audience.

Let’s get to the quick facts first before diving into the details of the spectacular athlete, Ronda Rousey.

Quick Facts 

Full Name Ronda Jean Rousey
Known As Ronda Rousey
Birth Date February 1, 1987
Birth Place Riverside, California
High School High School dropout
College Missouri (1976–1980)
Nationality American
Ethnicity  Mixed
Siblings  Julia De Mars
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Age 37 years old
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb)
Hair Color  Blonde
Eye Color  Grey
Body type Athletic
Profession
  • Mixed martial arts
  • WWE Performer 
  • Actor 
  • Philanthropist
Martial Arts Division
  • Featherweight (2010–2011)
  • Bantamweight (2012–2016)
WWE Debut 8th April 2018
Current Division WWE Smackdown
Style  Judo
Active years
  • 2010–2016 (MMA)
  • 2018 – Present (WWE)
World Championships Silver – 2007 Rio de Janeiro (70 kg)
Olympics Bronze – 2008 Beijing (70 kg)
Pan American Games  Gold – 2007 Rio de Janeiro (70 kg)
Pan American Championships
  • Gold – 2004 Isla Margarita (63 kg)
  • Gold medal – 2005 Caguas (63 kg)
  • Silver medal – 2006 Buenos Aires (63 kg)
  • Bronze medal – 2007 Montreal (70 kg)
Marital Status Married
Spouse Travis Browne ​(m. 2017)
Children La’akea Makalapuaokalanipo Browne
Mother’s Name AnnMaria De Mars
Father’s Name Ron Rousey
Salary $1.5 million (WWE)
Merch Action Figure, Funko Pop, Audiobook (My Fight / Your Fight)
Social Media Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
Net Worth $13 million
Last Update November 2024

Ronda Rousey | Early Life

Born in Riverside, California, on February 1, 1987, Ronda Jean Rousey is the youngest of Ann Maria de Mars (Nee Wadel) and Ron Rousie’s three daughters, after whom she was named.

Rousey nearly passed from a lack of oxygen when she was born with her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck, and she suffered minor brain damage that hampered her ability to speak an intelligible word until she was six.

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Ronda Rousey with her father (Source: sportitnow.com)

During those crucial days of Rousey’s, her father took good care of her, motivated her to stand up to challenges, and never falter. Ronda shared an intimate bond with her father, him helping her shape up her self-esteem and help her talk fluently. 

Her mother was the first American to win the World Judo Championships (1984), making her the most decorated judoka in Judo. 

Ann Maria received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of California, Riverside, while her daughters were growing up.

Her father committed suicide in 1995; Rousey was eight back then, after learning he would have paraplegia upon breaking his back sledding with his daughters.

Ronda Rousey | Height and Weight

Ronda Rousey stands 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs about 135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb). On February 1, 2022, Rousey celebrated her 37th birthday.

Ronda Rousey | Career

Rousey had her training in Judo from her early days, under the tutelage of her mother. She was 11 years old when she took a keen interest in Judo and rehearsed daily, with her mother supporting her throughout her early days. 

Ronda Rousey qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games at the age of 17, making her the youngest judoka to compete.

She won a gold medal in the World Junior Judo Championships the same year. Rousey went on to win numerous more medals in the discipline of judo before retiring from the sport at  21 to pursue MMA as a new profession.

She worked numerous jobs, such as waitressing, bartending, and so on, while she was solely focused on mixed martial arts training.

In 2011, she made her MMA debut, and she quickly rose through the ranks of the UFC. The fame came from winning 12 fights in a row and rising to the top of the boxing world.

With her debut in WWE on 8th April 2018, she had mainstreamed multiple main events in the WWE, with multiple records under her belt. 

In January 2018, she surprised everyone at the Royal Rumble. In March 2018, she joined the RAW brand of WWE.

On August 19, 2018, she defeated Alexa Bliss to win her first Raw Championship, then a month later, on September 16, she retained her title, defeating Bliss once more in a WWE Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event.

Rousey lost her first WWE match to Lynch in March 2019, ending her 231-day reign as WWE Women’s Champion, a record in itself in the WWE Women’s Division to hold a title for such a period.

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Ronda Rousey | Personal Life

Ronda Rousey is a professional boxer who presently resides in Venice, California. Rousey turned vegan after the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but in 2012 she defined her diet as “sort of a blend between a Paleo and a Warrior diet,” in which she tried to eat everything.

She has previously spoken about her body image issues. “Martial arts made you a geek in school,” she explained, “and I became self-conscious about being too manly.”

I got ringworm and cauliflower ears when I was 16 years old. My arms were mocked, and I was dubbed ‘Miss Man.’ I didn’t realize how foolish these people were till I was older. “I’m incredible.”

She auctioned off signature T-shirts in 2015 to raise money for the Black Jaguar-White Tiger Foundation.

Rousey dated Brendan Schaub, a fellow UFC fighter, at one point. Rousey was rumored to be seeing UFC fighter Travis Browne when a picture of the two together surfaced on Twitter in August 2015.

Browne’s divorced wife Jenna Renee Webb accused the two of seeing each other.

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Ronda Rousey and Travis Browne (Source: Instagram)

Brownie confirmed his rumored relationship with Ronda Rousey in October 2015 via his Twitter handle. 

After a few years of dating, netizens expected their engagement was on the cards. That was confirmed when on April 20, 2017, Ronda Rousey and Browne got engaged in New Zealand. 

This was followed by their marriage on August 28, 2017, in Browne’s home state of Hawaii, which was a closed affair. People closed to them attended the ceremony and the media didn’t get much coverage as they had previously anticipated.

On April 21, 2021, Rousey took a moment to announce on her official YouTube handle that the wrestler was four months pregnant with her first baby girl; netizens warmly received her.

Ronda Rousey | Net Worth 

Ronda Rousey has branched herself out to multiple mainstreams as a career. This ain’t a surprise some people know of her as a Reality TV Star, a Movie Star. 

People who are fond of the Olympics and closely follow it know her stint in the Olympics, where Rousey won an Olympic Gold Medal for the country in 2007. 

Her mainstream has always been MMA and she garnered international recognition through MMA, she has an outstanding record of 12 wins from 14, an impeccable record, isn’t it?  

Ronda Rousey’s net worth stands at $13 million. She was formerly one of the most well-known and successful female MMA fighters in history. Since then, she’s dabbled in acting and professional wrestling. 

Having diversified her income, her net worth doesn’t surprise many. With brand endorsements and her peak yet to hit in WWE, she is on the uphill to amass a huge wealth. 

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Ronda Rousey | Career Highlights

Let’s take a moment to grace her outstanding career and learn some interesting facts about her whilst performing for UFC, Olympics, and WWE. 

  • Beijing Olympic Bronze Medal (2008)
  • MMA Debut (2010)
  • Professional MMA Debut (2011)
  • MMA Bantamweight Champion (2013)
  • Professional UFC Debut (2013)
  • Hosts Saturday Night Live (2016)
  • WWE Debut (2018) 
  • WWE Women’s Champion (283 days) 

Ronda Rousey | Interesting Facts about Her

  • Ronda Rousey doesn’t drink or smoke.
  • Takes her meal before 9 pm, health-conscious Ronda
  • As a WWE Performer herself, she loves playing WWE on the console. 

Ronda Rousey | Social Media 

For a celebrity personality like Ronda, she’s active on her social media handles. She has her account on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, among other social media and digital platforms.

She is quite active on social media for her schedule and occasionally amazes fans with her posts and stories on her handle.

Her Instagram account has 14.9m followers, her Facebook profile has 198k likes so far. Rousey has a Twitter account with more than 3.4M Followers (As of April 2022).

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FAQs

Is Ronda Rousey still famous? 

Rousey fought in the company’s first-ever female bout at UFC 157, was the first Women’s Bantamweight Champion, and holds the record for the most UFC title defenses by a female with six.

Rousey retired from MMA in 2016 and was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame for the first time in 2018.

Is Ronda Rousey in the movie Black Widow? 

In the film, Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, is confronted with her own darker side while involved in a dangerous conspiracy. The film did not include the former MMA fighter.

While Rousey did not appear in the film, her admirers may still enjoy her acting skills from previous projects she has worked on.

Why did Ronda Rousey retire from MMA?

After a successful career in pro wrestling, she retired in 2019 to focus on her family, giving birth to a baby girl, La’akea Makalapuaokalanipo, with Travis Browne this year.

Rousey has claimed that she plans to retire to spend more time with her family, but that hasn’t stopped Tate from fantasizing.

Sanjib Sah
Sanjib Sah
Sanjib Sah is an engineer and content writer passionate about sports and athletics. With a background in engineering and a love for all things active, Sanjib brings a unique perspective to the world of sports writing. Whether he is covering the latest trends in sports technology or sharing tips on improving your game, Sanjib's words are always rooted in a deep appreciation for players' hard work and dedication everywhere. In his free time, you can find him hitting the courts or hitting the trails, always looking for new ways to challenge himself and improve his skills.

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