UFC president Dana White revealed new particulars about her ongoing relationship with former bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey at a post-UFC 320 press convention. The feedback got here as hypothesis about Rousey’s possibilities of returning to competitors reaching new heights, following current coaching footage on social media.
Dana White is coping with potential UFC returns for Ronda Rousey
White confirmed he maintains common communication with the previous champion, and mentioned the pair talks about as soon as each three months. He revealed that Rousey had just lately visited the UFC workplace in Las Vegas, however he highlighted the uncertainty about her plans for the long run.
The UFC president has centered on Lucy’s present dwelling atmosphere and admits that she has three kids and is personally some other place. Nonetheless, White particularly talked about her bodily situation, describing her as a wonderful type. He defined:
“Yeah, she and I are nonetheless very shut. We’ll speak, we most likely discuss it as soon as each three months or one thing like that. She’s been in Vegas just lately and she or he’s come to the workplace. However yeah, I do not know what her plans are.
“No, I’ve it. I imply she had three infants. She’s, she’s a unique child total.
Rousey, now 38 years outdated, gave delivery to her second son, Liko’ula Pā’ Omahina Kapiha in January 2025. She information her post-pregnancy health journey on social media and shares movies of coaching periods at numerous MMA amenities.
The previous Olympic bronze medalist in judo has posted a number of coaching clips exhibiting him engaged on a strike method with coach AJ Matthews. In one among her Instagram posts, Rousey remembers her journey from 8 weeks after delivery to MMA to eight years after delivery, and as soon as once more finds her love for sports activities.
These coaching updates have generated important fan hypothesis about potential comebacks, notably on the UFC White Home occasion scheduled for June 2026.
Rousey’s UFC profession led to 2016 following consecutive knockout losses to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes. Her ultimate combat lasted simply 48 seconds as Nunes stopped her with a punch in UFC 207. After a surprising loss to Holm at UFC 193, the defeat got here after a yr’s break.
After her MMA retirement, Rousey moved to wrestling and achieved appreciable success in WWE. She gained the Uncooked Ladies’s Championship, Smackdown Ladies’s Championship twice, and the WWE Ladies’s Tag Group Championship with Shayna Baszler. Her WWE profession led to 2023 after she publicly criticized the corporate and retired from skilled wrestling.
Former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson just lately expressed help for Rousey’s potential comeback, suggesting that she will nonetheless compete successfully with the present ladies’s bantamweight roster. Johnson argued that the division has not advanced considerably past Rousey’s ability set, and that her solely weak spot opposes her extremely athletic opponent that may neutralize her judo background.
White’s feedback recommend that there is no such thing as a rapid plan for Rousey’s return, however his notion of her wonderful bodily situation and their ongoing communications go away the door open for future potentialities. The UFC president has not begun negotiations for the combat on the White Home card, and mentioned these debates won’t start till February 2026.
