Before she came one of the biggest stars in UFC history, Rousey excelled in judo, winning a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This week, she said concussions suffered during her judo career contributed to her retirement from UFC in 2016“I’d like people to understand my reasons and motivations behind things,” Rousey said in an Instagram Live appearance to promote her upcoming memoir.
“I think there was just so much to that I couldn’t talk about it in the form of an interview or article or anything like that, or there would be several filters between my words and people reading it,” Rousey said. “So much had to do with having so many concussions when I was in judo before I even got into. I couldn’t talk about it at all when I was doing MMA because it would literally put a target on my head and I might not have been allowed to compete any farther.
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