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Summary <p>The former MMA fighter, once described as ‘the world’s most dominant athlete’, reveals her fears for the future after a career riddled with glory and pain</p><p>‘I worry about it because we already have Alzheimer’s and dementia in our family, and those family members did not get whacked on the head a whole bunch,” Ronda Rousey says as she considers a future shrouded by the consequences of concussion and a past where she broke so many barriers for women before a shattering fall.</p><p>At her peak, in 2015, Rousey was described by <em>Sports Illustrated</em> as “the <a href="https://www.si.com/mma/2015/05/12/ronda-rousey-ufc-mma-fighter-armbar.">world’s most dominant athlete</a>”. She had changed a brutal sport to become <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2018/jan/30/ufc-ronda-rousey-wwe-mixed-martial-arts">the face of the UFC</a>, the billion-dollar juggernaut which drives the popularity of Mixed&nbsp;Martial Arts.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar/31/ronda-rousey-i-never-wanted-to-talk-about-concussion-it-felt-like-a-weakness">Continue reading...</a>

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