Despite Her Impressive Record, Ronda Rousey Once Revealed Why She Wouldn’t Pick Herself in a UFC Video Game

Mixed Martial Arts is a fascinating sport, and thanks to its fan base, it has also got its love in video games. Since UFC’s inception in the gaming world, developers have been casting actual sportsmen in their games to provide the same thrill to gamers. One such player who joined the virtual platform was the former UFC fighter Ronda Rousey, who also became the first female lead cover athlete in EA Sports’ history in 2016.

As many fans may be unaware, Ronda Rousey has done motion capture for several videogames. The former UFC champion had fought in the Octagon, both physically and digitally. But why does she hate playing those games as herself?

Ronda Rousey prefers being in control of her body in real life

During an interview in 2016, the reporter asked Rousey if she would play the EA Sports UFC 2 game as her in-game avatar. To which the 35-years-old former UFC champion replied, “It weirds me out to see myself what applies myself. I refused. I’ve never played as myself. I don’t like not being as in control of my body as it should be, you know. I don’t know the buttons to like counter a double how’d I go to do it in real life.”

Talking about the game, she said, “I play other characters though. That’s fun and I like that the grappling is very hard for people to do realistically in the game.”

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Ronda Rousey appeared in both EA titles that followed, most notably EA Sports UFC 3 and 4, which were published in 2018 and 2020, respectively. Notably, 2020 was also the year she launched her Facebook Gaming career.

When Rousey did their first Mo-Cap with EA

EA, as a developer, has created several sports games that are practically realistic. This is due to the company’s usage of Motion Capture technology to capture professional players’ movements and iconic actions for their games.

During an interview before the release of EA Sports UFC 2, Ronda Rousey detailed the incident in which she was scanned digitally for the first time. She recalled EA taking a virtual scan of her at WWE Summer Slam.

Although she forgot about the incident, later in 2016, when EA signed her for UFC 2, it all came back to her. After which, she was actually made to watch 12 behind-the-scenes videos on how Mo-Cap works. Surprisingly, she seemed to enjoy her visit and viewed all the films “six or so times.”

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This shows that she is not just skilled, but also a really nice and generic human being. What are your thoughts about her experience? Please let us know in the comments section below.