Filed under: Featured , Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos (This story first appeared at USAToday.com .) LOS ANGELES – As she heads into the toughest challenge of her MMA career on Friday, Ronda Rousey will seek comfort from a familiar source. Rousey’s father Ron died when she was 8, but his influence on his daughter is still ever-present heading into Friday’s UFC 207 main event against bantamweight title-holder Amanda Nunes. “Ronda’s dad always said she was ‘a sleeper,’” Rousey’s mother, former world judo champion AnnMaria De Mars told USA TODAY Sports. “We would worry about her as a kid, but Ron was never concerned. He knew she was destined for big things, and he would always say that. They were very close, and his memory is still very important to her.” Rousey had speech problems as a child but forged a special bond with her father.
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UFC 207′s Ronda Rousey driven by the memory of her father – MMA Junkie