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Ronda Rousey is in great physical shape

With the Ronda Rousey media blackout, fans are largely reduced to guessing about her current frame of mind and conditioning….

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Kirik Jenness
December 28, 2016 · 1 min read
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With the Ronda Rousey media blackout, fans are largely reduced to guessing about her current frame of mind and conditioning. However, the pictures that emerged over the past year do tell one thing – Rousey is in shape.

Rousey is one of the cover athletes for the UFC EA Sports video game, and back in March images surfaced on the Internet from a promo photoshoot. A competitive athlete since she was 8, it appeared that Rousey had taken some deserved time off from training.

A number of “fans” posted rude, insulting comments. Rousey had a message for them.

Shortly before her fight Friday with UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes, new images have appeared on Rousey’s Instagram account that indicate she trained hard for the fight.

There is such a thing as being in 24 Hour Fitness shape rather than fight shape. However, by the few accounts out there, Rousey went old-school boxing for this camp, fighting out of a cabin at altitude. Those muscles have a real purpose. The final question then is where her mind is at. That we will not know until Friday night.

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