In the MMA news world, where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and for the last few weeks, if not months, it’s looked more and more like Ronda Rousey was getting prepared for her return to the UFC. Granted, fight fans have learned to tune out Dana White’s promises or lack thereof for quite some time now, but it turns out he was spot-on when he said Ronda could return by the end of the year in an attempt to reclaim her bantamweight belt from Amanda Nunes.
Now, Ariel Helwani, who is almost always correct and is just trying to do his job, has backed up the rumors. We’re one step closer to an announcement:
A nug before I sign off for Yom Kippur: looking more + more like Rousey's return will be finalized this wk. Perhaps v. soon. 12/30 x Nunes.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) October 11, 2016
Here are just a few clues that she’s coming back:
This may look like nothing to some people, but Ronda rolls her wraps into balls after she’s done training, then shoots them like a basketball into the garbage from across the gym to signal the end of a hard day’s work. This was taken six weeks ago. It’s clear that she’s getting back to it.
She’s also been popping up around the social media world looking to be closer to fight shape than she has for months after her loss to Holly Holm:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ4G17fAX0d/
Some have written off Ronda Rousey after her loss to Holly Holm, and while the division has absolutely gotten better since she lost a year ago, there’s no reason to think Ronda couldn’t run through the game Amanda Nunes like she has so many women before.
