UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, a longtime pro wrestling fan, got coaxed into briefly getting physically involved at a local pro wrestling show in Reseda, Los Angeles, Friday night.
The "Rowdy" one channeled her inner Ric Flair when she decided to throw an impromptu knife-edge chop at one of the wrestlers, according to TMZ Sports: "The UFC women's bantamweight champ attended a Pro Wrestling Guerilla event...and during one of the matches she was prompted by a wrestler named Tommaso Ciampa to chop his opponent's chest...After some audience urging, Ronda reeled back and lit up the guy's chest—the place went nuts."
The report says that Rousey attended the event with Shayna Baszler and Jessamyn Duke, her fellow Four Horsewomen—an homage to Flair's infamous pro wrestling faction.
Middle Easy's Layzie the Savage was fortunate enough to be in attendance at the event and took a picture with Rousey and her crew backstage.
The dominant UFC titleholder is currently a perfect 10-0 inside the cage, spending less than a minute-and-a-half in the Octagon in her past two victories.
Rousey needed just one minute, six seconds to put away fellow ex-Olympian Sara McMann at UFC 170 in February and then took a measly 16 seconds to TKO Alexis Davis at UFC 175 in July.
The 27-year-old is tentatively set to square off with top contender Cat Zingano at UFC 182 on January 3, per Sherdog.
When winning fights inside the Octagon and starring on the silver screen are no longer exciting for Rousey, will she turn to the pro wrestling ring?
John Heinis is a featured columnist for Bleacher Report. He is also the MMA editor for eDraft.com.
