Filed under: News , UFC Every athlete deserves – and probably needs – a mom like Dr. AnnMaria De Mars. On Friday her daughter, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC), returned from a 13-month layoff but failed to reclaim the belt after taking on current titleholder Amanda Nunes (14-4 MMA, 7-1 UFC). It was a high-profile, very public 48-second defeat for Rousey, who – along with UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor – is arguably the sport’s biggest star. Like Rousey, De Mars was a standout judoka and the first American world champion. And while Rousey has earned her fair share of criticism – for things like her pre-UFC 207 media blackout and an obvious lack of improvement heading into Friday’s pay-per-view headliner at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena – De Mars was quick to Rousey’s defense.
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