After a hiatus of just over a year, Ronda Rousey made her return to the Octagon at UFC 207 and it did not end well for the former champion. She was battered and quickly defeated by Amanda Nunes just 48 seconds in the first round, and Ronda never even seemed to land anything of consequence.
Where Ronda heads from here is anybody’s guess. There are rumors of an appearance at Wrestlemania 33 and she’s made plenty of headway in Hollywood. Ronda didn’t seem to ever be in the fight, and her days in the octagon may be over after back-to-back devastating losses. She refused to do any media for the fight during the event’s buildup, and after the fight Rousey left the octagon without giving a post-fight interview. Nunes did, however, and did not hold her tongue, telling the crowd in Las Vegas “I knew I was going to beat the sh*t out of Ronda Rousey.”
Ronda spent years at the top of the mountain, becoming the UFC’s biggest commercial star and when anybody enjoys that much success the masses will gradually turn and wish for their downfall. So naturally, the internet is enjoying the hell out of Ronda’s latest defeat, especially in the brutal fashion that she went down. Folks broke out their best memes, gifs, jokes and everything in-between to pile on Rousey, including her opponent Amanda Nunes.
— Amanda Nunes (@Amanda_Leoa) December 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/ArdaOcalTV/status/815073189621563394
https://twitter.com/Glock__Lesnar/status/815072596605726720
https://twitter.com/World_Wide_Wob/status/815072591333330944
Ronda Rousey really does have the EA Sports UFC 2 cover curse.
— Steve Noah (@Steve_OS) December 31, 2016
"Ronda lost? Get me my phone and my checkbook…" pic.twitter.com/4V5XbII0Wh
— B/R Wrestling (@BRWrestling) December 31, 2016
BREAKING: Ronda Rousey's career latest thing to die in 2016.
— Fanly Gridiron 🏈 (@FanlyGridiron) December 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/ImThatGentleman/status/815072674984513536
https://twitter.com/khristen/status/815072364660723712
Ronda Rousey's corner at the end of that fight. #UFC207 pic.twitter.com/O4GM8wTXIT
— Ellis Mbeh (@EllisMbeh) December 31, 2016
It's ok, Ronda won the popular vote
— Chris Leslie (@CLeslie15) December 31, 2016
Ronda Rousey be like… pic.twitter.com/aCLJ9dhuAi
— Carson Cunningham (@Carson_OKC) December 31, 2016
Ronda Rousey be like… pic.twitter.com/lNXepgDjg6
— Gügg (@1203Gabe) December 31, 2016
— Veli (@Sergeveli13) December 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/AnthonyH21/status/815077399683440640
TO THE WINDOOOOOOOOW. TO THE WAAAAALLL. pic.twitter.com/AWZiQQ2D4N
— K. –– Free Iran (@ThatPersianGuy) December 31, 2016
Rhonda got mollywopped to Naboo pic.twitter.com/7YcncgUzYU
— ɪ ᴀᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴋᴀʏᴛʀᴀɴᴀᴅᴀ (@BarkyBoogz) December 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/YouuCantSeeMee/status/815077955512795142
How 2016 hit us vs. how 2017 is probably gonna hit us too pic.twitter.com/OG02jxkiDg
— Hawthorne James 🏁🐍 (@Kontra402) December 31, 2016
"MITCH CAUGHT A BODY ABOUT A WEEK AGO, WEEK AGO" pic.twitter.com/hQHZ6Tr75h
— We back (@Aneerinyourear) December 31, 2016
Ronda Rousey made $62,500 per second tonight #UFC207 pic.twitter.com/z3GgVNQdcU
— Fanly (@fanly) December 31, 2016
" Michigan didn't even wanna be…" pic.twitter.com/uBvguJZjF6
— . (@illiam_william) December 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/815076371521269760
https://twitter.com/RichHomieChapo/status/815076913500721152
— botones rojo (@redbuttonz) December 31, 2016