After her disappointing battle against Holm, Rousey was deeply disappointed in herself. She spent the following year focusing on training and didn’t compete at all.
When she was finally back in the ring, she was scheduled to fight against Amanda Nunes, who was the reigning champ. There was a lot at stake for Rousey. Surprisingly, the 48-second-long fight ended in Nunes retaining her title. Fans were shocked, and Rousey started thinking she might be losing her touch.
The Body "Issue"
Empowering as her experience shooting for the "Body Issue" was, it wasn't done completely on her own terms. Her main concern in posing for the magazine was nude photos that might be leaked.
She was cautious as she could be on set, but then her fears materialized. An ESPN cameraman was shooting behind the scenes for the ESPN YouTube channel while Rousey was getting her pictures taken. It turned out that the video showed her completely nude for a moment. She was furious and asked ESPN to remove the video at once, which they did.
Facing Holm
Rousey has made a name for herself as a fearsome fighter who takes about a minute or less to show her opponents who the real boss is.
Then, in 2015, she went into the ring with Holly Holm. Holm was pretty confident for someone who was about to face the seemingly unbeatable Rousey. The UFC community was shaken to its core when Holm won the fight. Rousey was shaken even harder.
Reinventing Herself
When Rousey realized she is getting bested more times than she's comfortable with, she had her eyes set on a new challenge — acting. The super fighter has dabbled in acting before and even starred in the 2014 film "The Expendables 3".
Rousey focused on acting and started landing more roles, including an appearance in the "Fast and the Furious" franchise. She even had a chance to bust out her old combat moves in the memorable fight scene she had with Michelle Rodriguez in "Furious 7".
Violence Is Never the Answer
Rousey's love life wasn't an instant success like her professional life. In her autobiography, "My Fight, Your Fight", Rousey confesses to having had a toxic relationship with an ex-boyfriend.
According to her, he took a nude picture of her without her knowing or agreeing to it, which eventually led to her using violence against him — and we all know by now that she can throw a mean punch. Thankfully, the two are not together anymore.