After a nasty divorce from MMA a decade ago, Ronda...

Ronda Rousey, once the face of MMA, is back to settle one last score before she leaves fighting behind for good. Eric Williams Brett Okamoto May 13, 2026, 07:00 AM ETClose Brett Okamoto has reported on mixed martial arts and boxing at ESPN since 2010. He has covered all of the biggest events in combat sports during that time, including in-depth interviews and features with names such as Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor Mc Gregor, Nate Diaz, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Georges St-Pierre. He was also a producer on the 30 for 30 film: "Chuck and Tito," which looked back at the careers and rivalry of Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. He lives in Las Vegas, and is an avid, below-average golfer in his spare time.Follow on XMultiple AuthorsEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsRIVERSIDE, Calif. -- There's a small tree in Ronda Rousey's backyard filled with caterpillars that her 4-year-old daughter regularly checks when she gets home from school. There's a fenced-in duck pond for poultry, three compost heaps and a cow in the pasture named Myrtle. There's a quiet dog, Poncho, who doesn't initially accept pets from strangers -- but will eventually sneak up and lick their unsuspecting fingers if they stay long enough.

The inside of Rousey's home looks like the familiar mess of any home with small children. Sheets of paper with her daughter's earliest attempts to write her own name in marker. Dinosaur popup books. There's a silly painting next to the mirror in the bathroom, depicting Rousey and her husband, Travis Browne, in leafy garments in the Garden of Eden, smiling.

What there is not is a single shred of evidence of the cultural and sports icon Rousey once was. As if none of it ever happened.