Ronda Rousey Rejects Holly Holm Rematch 11 Years After UFC 193 Loss
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Updated · Yahoo Sports · May 28
Ronda Rousey Rejects Holly Holm Rematch 11 Years After UFC 193 Loss
12 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · May 28
Ronda Rousey said she will not fight Holly Holm again, despite insisting she would "clean her clock," because she remains retired and no longer feels driven to rewrite their 2015 result.
Holm had renewed the offer on Wednesday, saying she has been open to a rematch since UFC 193, where she handed the then-12-0 Rousey one of MMA's biggest upsets.
Rousey said a recent win over Gina Carano helped erase the lingering sting of that defeat, and she credited new medication for cortical spreading depression with changing how she performs after head trauma.
Family now outweighs any comeback appeal, Rousey said, framing the decision as moving forward rather than revisiting a loss that once haunted her.
With a new promotion and a 'cure,' is Rousey's perfect ending the start of a new MMA war?
Did a neurological condition truly cause Rousey's downfall, or is this a convenient way to rewrite history?
Will the success of Rousey's Netflix fight ignite a fighter-pay revolution that challenges the UFC's empire?