{"id":44962,"date":"2025-08-04T16:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/44962\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T16:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:31:09","slug":"ronda-rousey-credits-mma-as-she-celebrates-incredible-six-month-body-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/44962\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronda Rousey credits MMA as she celebrates incredible six-month body transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ronda Rousey has been documenting her journey to get back in shape in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The former UFC bantamweight champion gave birth to her second child, a girl named Liko\u2019ula P\u0101\u2019\u016bomahinakaipiha, in January. <\/p>\n<p>Six weeks later, \u2018Rowdy\u2019 began sharing videos of her workouts as she tried to get back in shape again.<\/p>\n<p>UFC fans got excited about a potential <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/04\/06\/ronda-rousey-hammers-training-dummy-with-nasty-elbows-as-ufc-comeback-calls-continue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rousey comeback<\/a> as she used MMA to help her lose weight.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"773\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-469502235-1024x773.jpg\" alt=\"Ronda Rousey locking in an arm bar\" class=\"wp-image-175638\" \/>Photo by Josh Hedges\/Zuffa LLC\/Zuffa LLC via Getty ImagesRonda Rousey completes body transformation <\/p>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/ronda-rousey\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"656\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ronda Rousey<\/a> uploaded a video to mark six months on her fitness journey.<\/p>\n<p>It showed the Olympian at six weeks postpartum and finished with her looking ripped half a year later. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s a little update on how the post-baby recovery is going,\u201d Rousey captioned the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMfjuEMRmRy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram post<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you @dangarnernutrition for helping me reclaim my bodily identity from my 2nd pregnancy \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc thank you @rickylundell@babyfacebenoit@abletowill and @aj_mma for gettin my ass back in a cage again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease reserve your judgment for my messy room and smeared mirror. I just had a baby and am too tired to clean that s\u2014 up<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard recovery for the 2nd baby is easier than the first so maybe it\u2019s partially due to that, but being able to train MMA again made such a huge difference this time \u2013 like my joints feel tighter and I just feel healthier and more sturdy compared to just doing regular gym lifting\/cardio workouts like I did to recover from my first pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a blast finding joy in training again. I missed it, my body missed it.\u201d<\/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 Will Ronda Rousey ever fight again?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2024\/06\/11\/ronda-rousey-reveals-her-original-gameplan-for-holly-holm-was-ruined-she-knocked-loose-all-my-bottom-teeth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Holly Holm knocked Rousey out<\/a> to spoil her perfect 12-0 record at UFC 193 in November 2015.<\/p>\n<p>13 months later, Rousey was stopped by strikes just 48 seconds into her <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2016\/12\/31\/ufc-207-video-recap-amanda-nunes-tkos-ronda-rousey-in-48-seconds-mma-championship-women-bantamweight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fight with Amanda Nunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A second successive loss prompted Rousey to retire at just 29 years old. Ever since, MMA fans have been calling for her return, but in 2024, she shut down hopes of a comeback by revealing 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\">concussion issue<\/a> had derailed her UFC career.<\/p>\n<p id=\"J7EfEm\">\u201cIt\u2019s nice to feel missed, I guess. But it\u2019s not happening. I\u2019m not neurologically fit to compete anymore at the highest level. I just can\u2019t,\u201d Rousey said last August.<\/p>\n<p id=\"fz1PKo\">\u201cYou just get to a level where the neurological injuries you take accumulate over time. They don\u2019t get better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ronda Rousey has been documenting her journey to get back in shape in 2025. 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