“Doctors Thought I Was Dead” – Ronda Rousey Had No Heartbeat for a Few Minutes During Her Mother’s Chaotic Delivery

Ronda Rousey is a name that needs no introduction to combat sports fans. The US Citizen is the first-ever female to win an Olympic Medal in the sport of Judo. Rousey has also competed in many of the noted MMA promotions outside the UFC. She is a former Strikeforce Bantamweight Champion and was also crowned the UFC Bantamweight Champion when the UFC acquired Strikeforce. But Rousey claimed that she was a fighter right from the moment she was brought into this world.

In her book ‘My Fight / Your Fight’, Rousey described how she could get “ready to fight at a moment’s notice”. She also stated that she had to hold her adrenaline back till the referee’s signal, unlike other fighters who often get cold under the pressure of a fight.

She also described a dreaded incident that happened right at the time of her birth. It could have easily taken her life, but Rousey fought her way to survival right from the initial moments of her existence.

Ronda Rousey was born in a nearly dead condition

Rousey stated how her parents expected a usual birth process for her. She stated that her father had replied, “Darlin’, I was born ready” when he was asked about the same by her mom. But events turned out to be quite on the opposite side of what ‘Rowdy’s would have expected. The Olympic medalist narrated how her mother said that “the doctors thought I was dead”.

Rousey also revealed, “I was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck, cutting off my air supply.” She stated, “My heart stopped. I came out blue and listless”.

Rousey further explained, “On the 0-10 Apgar scale used to rate babies’ health at birth, seven is considered good. My score was a zero.” The situation was truly an alarming one.

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‘The Arm Collector’ also described the hyperactivity at that moment, stating, “Everything was movement and chaos. Doctors running in from all directions. The squeaking wheel of metal carts carrying equipment into the room. Cabinets slamming as the medical staff pulled items off the shelves”. We may agree that the description given by her flashes right up before the eye of the readers.

It took a few minutes for Rousey to fight back to survival

Rousey has also written about how she was brought ‘back to life’ by the doctors and medical staff present at that juncture. She stated, “Eventually, the doctors managed to get some air. They cut the cord, unwrapped it from my neck, gave me baby CPR and oxygen”.

She also wrote how her mom would say that the time felt “as an eternity”, but actually, “it was probably closer to a few minutes”. Finally, Rousey “started breathing” and her heart “started beating”.

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‘The baddest woman on the planet’ also revealed how this incident had got her parents “fretty freaked out”. She also wrote that, “it was the only time my mom saw my dad cry.”

We may trace the fame of Ronda Rousey in the combat world to such dreaded events; which build up the fighter in her right from day 1 of her existence on the face of this Earth.

Did your eyes get enlarged as well while reading about this early, life-threatening mishap that happened to Rousey?