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Ronda Rousey will headline UFC 157 in February. | Josh
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship will waste no time in testing the pay-per-view drawing power of one Ronda Rousey.
Crowned as the first women’s champion in the promotion’s history on Thursday, Rousey will defend her 135-pound title against fellow Strikeforce import Liz Carmouche in the UFC 157 main event on Feb. 23 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. A bronze medalist in Olympic judo in 2008, Rousey has emerged as one of MMA’s newest superstars, finishing all six of her opponents with first-round armbars, five of them in less than a minute. Her list of victims includes Miesha Tate, whom she submitted in March to capture Strikeforce gold.
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Rousey, who turns 26 in February, can already feel the burden of expectation as part of the first-ever women’s fight inside the Octagon.
“I don’t even know what to make of it,” she said. “It means a lot, and I feel like we have a lot to prove at this event. No one is going to be disappointed. I think the women are here to stay, and we’re gonna prove it.”
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