{"id":126592,"date":"2025-09-07T12:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T12:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/126592\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T12:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T12:58:08","slug":"ronda-rousey-refuses-to-rule-out-mma-comeback-while-reacting-to-rumor-shell-fight-on-ufc-white-house-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/126592\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronda Rousey refuses to rule out MMA comeback while reacting to rumor she\u2019ll fight on UFC White House card"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ronda Rousey has excited fans with her latest comments on a potential MMA comeback.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Rowdy\u2019 retired in 2017 after suffering back-to-back knockout <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/06\/08\/amanda-nunes-knocked-out-holly-holm-in-similar-fashion-to-how-former-champ-pulled-off-all-time-ufc-upset\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">defeats against Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The former UFC bantamweight champion was just 29 years old when she walked away from MMA.<\/p>\n<p>Many people expected <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/ronda-rousey\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"656\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ronda Rousey<\/a> to return to the Octagon at some point, but she shut down the rumors last year when she revealed a <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2024\/08\/25\/ronda-rousey-reveals-health-status-and-whether-she-will-ever-fight-again-in-ufc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">medical issue prompted her premature retirement<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-630706612-scaled-e1750802684906-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Ronda Rousey preparing to fight at UFC 207\" class=\"wp-image-215476\" \/>Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC\/Zuffa LLC via Getty ImagesRonda Rousey provides comeback update<\/p>\n<p>Ronda Rousey is linked with a comeback every time the UFC has a big event on the horizon. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/dana-white\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"156\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dana White<\/a> was forced to address <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2023\/08\/26\/dana-white-ronda-rousey-ufc-300-rumour\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rumors of a return ahead of UFC 300<\/a> in April 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Now, the MMA legend has shut down talk of her potentially fighting at the White House next June. <\/p>\n<p>The UFC will put on a show at Donald Trump\u2019s official residence to celebrate Independence Day. <\/p>\n<p>Rousey won\u2019t be a part of it, but the 38-year-old refused to rule out a return to MMA altogether. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not fighting at the White House,\u201d Rousey told <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6wV8sR7cT67rJE7meveWNK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Lapsed Fan podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/mike-tyson\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"740\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Tyson<\/a> being the biggest fight of the year, you never say never.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I ain\u2019t fighting at the f\u2014-ing White House. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if offered? I got better s\u2014 to do. My kid needs pasta!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ronda Rousey sparked comeback rumors with training footage <\/p>\n<p>Ronda Rousey gave birth to her second child, a girl named Liko\u2019ula P\u0101\u2019\u016bomahinakaipiha, in January.<\/p>\n<p>Six weeks later, the MMA icon started sharing videos of her workouts as she tried to get back in shape.<\/p>\n<p>In August, <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/08\/04\/ronda-rousey-credits-mma-as-she-celebrates-incredible-six-month-body-transformation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rousey credited MMA<\/a> as she celebrated her incredible six-month body transformation<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ronda-Rousey-2-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"Split image of Ronda Rousey before and after her 2025 body transformation\" class=\"wp-image-232960\" \/>Split image of Ronda Rousey before and after her 2025 body transformation. Credit: rondarousey\/Instagram <\/p>\n<p>Rousey was training so intensely that fans thought that she was preparing for a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>The American\u2019s refusal to completely rule out her return will only add fuel to the fire.<\/p>\n<p>Rousey is likely to face calls to fight again until she finally decides to give the people what they want. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ronda Rousey has excited fans with her latest comments on a potential MMA comeback. \u2018Rowdy\u2019 retired in 2017&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,1867,82,640],"class_list":["post-126592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-ronda-rousey","tag-sports","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}