Filed under: News , UFC (This story first ran at USAToday.com ) The last time Ronda Rousey stepped into the octagon the UFC’s bantamweight division was still a one-woman show, now it is the organization’s most cursed – and most compelling – title. “Ronda wants the belt back,” UFC President Dana White said in the build-up to her Dec. 30 main event showdown with current champion Amanda Nunes at UFC 207. “She feels like it’s hers.” However, in the 13 months since the brutal end of Rousey’s unbeaten record and aura of invincibility, the landscape at the top end of women’s mixed martial arts has shifted considerably. Rousey was the first and only women’s bantamweight champ in UFC history when she faced off against Holly Holm at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, last November and was on a dominant streak of overpowering victories that made her a household name and a modern pop culture icon.
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Since loss, Ronda Rousey finds division she dominated cursed but compelling – MMA Junkie