Ronda Rousey on fighting MMA again: ‘If I could, I would’
Ronda Rousey says she would step back inside the octagon again if it wasn’t for her wanting to have a lot of kids.
During a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Rousey commented on fans who still ask about her possible return to the UFC.
“I appreciate when people ask,” said Rousey, who hasn’t fought since December 30, 2016. “Maybe it means they still miss me.”
However, Rousey continued to say that her priorities are being a mother and working on her writing projects at the moment.
“If I could, I definitely would,” said Rousey regarding a return to the octagon. “If I want to have a whole basketball team full of kids, I can’t take any more detours. I’ve always wanted to be a mom with a lot of kids.”
Rousey published her second memoir, Our Fight, earlier this year. Currently, she is promoting the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for her graphic novel “Expecting the Unexpected.”
A description of the book reads:
“Her codename: ‘Mom.’ With a fake baby bump filled with guns, she’s built a reputation as one of the deadliest hit-women on the planet. But on the verge of her big break in the criminal underworld, Mom makes a fateful decision: sleeping with a potential target (who just so happens to be a top-ranked assassin himself). A few weeks later, Mom finds that her codename is about to become a whole lot more literal. What follows is a wild mashup of action, adventure, comedy, and romance as a newly pregnant Mom with a bounty on her head fights off wave after wave of assassins, falls in love with her baby daddy, and decides how to face her personal and professional predicament. EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED sets a new bar for the authenticity of fight scenes through a unique creative process developed by Rousey, Deodato, and AWA.”
Rousey opened up to Sports Illustrated regarding how dedicated she is to her writing at the moment, noting that she received an internship with WME.
“I’ve put every fiber of my being into this,” said Rousey. “It’s a real labor of love.”
“I wanted to learn to write a screenplay,” she continued. “That’s how my obsession began with screenwriting. I read every book about it I could, and then I got an internship at WME in the story department.”
Rousey continued to say developing the story in Expecting The Unexpected is what led to her starting her writing journey, something she now believes could be what she was always meant to do.
“Even though I sold a different screenplay to Nextflix, it was this first story that started it all. I loved it so much I couldn’t let it collect dust, and I thought comic publishers might be interested.”
“This story, for the longest time, I was the only one to believe in it,” said Rousey. “Now it’s starting to gain all these believers. It’s been so rewarding. I get so much satisfaction out of the whole process. I’m at the point where I’m thinking maybe this is what I was always meant to do.”