Head to a Ronda Rousey fight, and you’ll see her mom, Dr. AnnMaria De Mars, leading her cheering section. But that wasn’t always the case. Before Rousey parlayed an Olympic bronze-medal judo career into a lucrative and dominant run as UFC women’s bantamweight champion, the undefeated 28-year-old fighter pitched her new career ambitions to her mom. As Rousey explained to host Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday’s “The Tonight Show,” her mom wasn’t exactly supportive of the idea.
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When Ronda Rousey pitched MMA career to mom: ‘Stupidest idea I’ve heard in my life’ – MMA Junkie