(This story appears in today’s edition of USA TODAY .) LAS VEGAS – Sara McMann will never be Ronda Rousey , and the UFC and its fans are about to find out whether that’s a good thing. McMann, 33, is easing back into a spotlight she left when she competed in the 2004 Athens Games as a freestyle wrestler for the new U.S. women’s team and won a silver medal. She said she couldn’t sit down for a meal without answering questions about the competition’s novelty. The glare is less bright as she waits out the final days before another pinnacle in her athletic career, a meeting with UFC women’s bantamweight titleholder Ronda Rousey (8-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) in the headliner of Saturday’s UFC 170 event in Las Vegas (10 p.m. ET, pay-per-view).
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Sara McMann is fine leaving UFC spotlight to champ Ronda Rousey – MMA Junkie