37-year-old Ronda Rousey was, without a doubt, one of the most dangerous fighters in the UFC. The women’s Bantamweight champion holds the record for the most number of title defenses (6). However, staying at the top for so long has influenced the former Olympian’s health. She has been vocal about facing concussion problems during her time as a professional and has no plans of returning to fighting.

She recently sat down with CBS Sports Shakiel Mahjouri to discuss her future plans. While speaking to the host, she seemed a bit reluctant to let her children take up fighting.

Ronda Rousey has no plans of letting her children take up fighting

Before retiring from the sport, Ronda Rousey achieved everything in her illustrious career. She is the only woman to become a champion in the UFC and WWE. Rousey was also voted as the female athlete of all time in a 2015 ESPN fan poll. Adding to her accolades, Fox Sports labeled her as ‘one of the defining athletes of the 21st century’. However, she doesn’t want her children to take up fighting . ‘Rowdy’ is aware of the problems related to the sport and  said “I mean, if they wanted to I would do everything that I could to make sure that they’re great as possible.” 

However, she then made it clear that competing professionally would be completely her their choice. Professional fighting does come with its own share of physical problems and Rousey is a testament of that. It seems that the 37-year-old is reluctant to force her child into fighting.

She further added and said, “But I would never like to push them towards it . You can’t make somebody fight. It’s something that is inside of you that you can’t help. I’ll make sure they know how to fight because you know it’s a survival skill and I think it builds like a lot of discipline. It’s very character-developing and all of that. Whether or not they want to compete, it’s up to them. “

‘Rowdy’ in recent times has come out and shared her problems with concussion. She pointed out how she started facing the problem from her judo days when she was really early into her MMA career. However, things only started getting worse as she took more and more shots in her UFC career.

Ronda Rousey opens up about her problems with concussions

Rousey recently spoke to ‘Cage Side Seats’ about her problems and shared the impact concussion had on her. The 37-year-old said, “I had a very rich concussion history before I even started in MMA. For my entire judo career, which was like 10 years, I actually was experiencing concussion symptoms more often than not for an entire decade.” 

The former champion then pointed out that the situation eventually started getting worse with time. Eventually, when she entered into MMA, her concussion problems reached their peak and she would be seeing stars during fights. She said, “When I got into MMA, if I got any kind of significant strike, I would be seeing stars, which is not normal.”

Rousey has been reluctant to get back to MMA and is focused on raising her family. However, it will be interesting to see whether her children eventually take up fighting or not. What do you think about the claims made by Ronda Rousey about her injuries? Let us know in the comments below.