She proudly told the crowd, “We have changed what it means to fight like a girl.”
She’s the UFC’s first-ever women’s champion and defended her belt SIX TIMES during her historic run from 2012 to 2015, and, during her speech, thanked the fans for their support.
“Because of you, I am the first woman standing up here accepting this incredible honour,” Rousey said. “May I be the first of many.”
“I look around and think, together we built this. This division. This sport. This revolution.”
“Together, we have redefined what it means to be strong, to be sexy. We have changed what it means to fight like a girl.”
In 2011, Dana White famously told said he would never sign a woman to a UFC contract- but, Ronda was so dominant and interesting, she essentially forced his hand to create a women’s division.
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