LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Ronda Rousey spent a year as a bartender after she turned 21, partying every night and wondering what to do with her Olympic bronze medal in judo. When she first saw mixed martial arts on television, her friends warned her away. This complicated new cage-fighting sport was too violent, too primitive, too unregulated. "That just made me really want to try it," Rousey said with a laugh. Six years later, Rousey is nothing less than the face of the UFC, the young sport's dominant promotional company. She has never lost a fight, reigning as the bantamweight champion ever since the UFC finally began promoting women's bouts two years ago. Rousey has become an actor, a model, a celebrity endorser and one of the world's most prominent female athletes during her meteoric rise, but she realizes she hasn't done it alone. Women's MMA is surging in prominence with Rousey at the forefront, and the sport gets its biggest showcase yet this weekend w...
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