After her defeat will Ronda Rousey return to the UFC?

I think she will.

She has to, there is a little thing called a contract.

Besides that her future depends wildly on her MMA background, if she leaves after getting stomped in a fight, well she is screwed, the reason why she had a brighter future that Carano in the mainstream media was the fact she was undefeated, Carano lose, but then it was found out that Cyborg was using roids and things during the fight, sure it hurt Carano career outside the MMA world, but Rousey got stomped in the fight by a clearly superior fighter, its pretty obvious this means, no more big movies and no more mainstream media attention.

People loves and hates winners, no one care for the fighter that retired after one lose.

Carano re obtain some legitimacy with the whole Cyborg was using juice, Rousey has to do the same, the only way is either, winning a rematch or go and have tons of fights.

ya, I think she almost has to right now. Retiring now just makes her look like a punk which I don't think sells her well as an actor. She could prob do ok jumping to the wwe but I'd have to think someone who seems to be a very competitive person will want a rematch. Plus the fact that all the work she put in up till now is just starting to pay off in terms of the money she gets for fighting. A rematch would prob be the second biggest pay day of her career if not the biggest. Only makes sense that she will come back.

Yep, it'll be a while, though. They haven't announced it, but I'm pretty sure she got her jaw broken in the first round.

@deathpoolthet1000: A contract isn't indentured servitude or slave labor, she can retire whenever she wants....

I believe so. If not, she would just be seen as a coward.

She would need to buy the contract to do that.

Yes. She's really cocky.

@deathpoolthet1000: They cannot force her into the cage if she does not want to fight. She can retire whenever she wants without spending a cent.

That they can not force you to do something is one thing, a contract says you provide a service and they have to pay you, if you or the other part dont keep their part, a legal battle will start.

Ask CM Punk about this.

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Yes, Probably with even more of a chip on her shoulder.

@deathpoolthet1000: nah, she could retire at any point just as plenty of other fighters have done before her. What they sign are agreements to only fight for the ufc. Money is tied to the fights. She or anyone else could easily walk away but the only thing they can't do is fight for another mma organization before their contract expires.

Ronda even said she'd be back.... she's not GSP

If she left after a loss she'd be like GSP? A guy who has come back after losses on more than one occasion. I assume you're referring to his controversial win over Hendricks, which wasn't his reason for retirement. The only thing the Hendricks fight had to do with his retirement was Dana White's disrespect afterwards, which GSP cited as one of his many reasons for stepping away from the sport.

@thenaughtytitan: He lost to a legend and possibly the greatest welterweight of all time I think his circumstances were different than Ronda who was being hyped as the female Mayweather of the UFC

I just felt he turned his back on the sport when he still had years left. I get that it was exhausting for him but

I legitimatly thought he was going to maybe take a year or 2 off and then come back when all of his issues were sorted out. What did Dana do or say to GSP after the Hendricks fight that upset Georges ?

True that his loss to Hughes was on the come up, but he still isn't akin to Ronda who would be leaving after one loss if she did choose to retire. He could have continued to fight, but it really wasn't the best thing for him, which is why he retired. Mentally he just wasn't in it anymore, and with all the injuries and punishment he's taken over the years he's not exactly in his prime.

He's referenced Dana a few times for being a reason for leaving the sport, I think he did so on Chael Sonnen's podcast specifically.

Probably for a rematch with Holm and unless she fights to her advantages next time she'll get wrecked again.