Share this: Friday’s UFC 207 card is one of those rare instances in sports where the spotlight isn’t on the champion — in this case, Amanda Nunes — but rather the challenger, Ronda Rousey. Yet from the moment she accepted the fight, Brazil’s Nunes was ready for what lay ahead in her first title defense. “I think everybody wants to see (Ronda) back, they have been waiting for her. It’s good,” Nunes, 28, said recently. However, the dynamic will be different when the fighters walk to the Octagon at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas because that’s when Rousey will have to do something for the first time in her illustrious UFC career: Await her opponent. Visit UFC.com for the full story >> Thumbnail photo via Joshua Dahl/USA TODAY
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Ronda Rousey Is Out For Revenge In Intense Promo For UFC 207 Return
Ronda Rousey is back, and she’s not going down without a fight. The former UFC bantamweight champion is making her return to the sport Dec. 30 in a title fight against Amanda Nunes at UFC 207. And, if the possibility of seeing Rousey win her belt back after a year-long break doesn’t pump you up enough, UFC released a goosebump-inducing promo for the event through TMZ on Wednesday. Rousey last fought Nov. 15, 2015, when Holly Holm handed her the first loss of her career at UFC 193. However, no one has been able to hold onto the bantamweight belt since then, as Holm lost to Miesha Tate at UFC 196 and Tate