Ronda Rousey’s pro debut came less than four years ago, but the 28-year-old has already taken the sport by storm – both in and out of the octagon.
Rousey’s level of dominance from her time on the regional scene to her rise through Strikeforce to her current reign as UFC women’s bantamweight champion will be difficult to replicate.
Rousey (10-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) has torched her competition all along the way and racked up a lengthy list of accomplishments in her brief 10-fight career. With her fifth UFC title defense set to take place on Saturday at UFC 184, which airs on pay-per-view from Los Angeles’ Staples Center, against Cat Zingano (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC), we look inside the remarkable resume of the UFC’s first female champion.
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General stats
Ronda Rousey
Rousey will compete in her fifth UFC women’s bantamweight bout, tied with Miesha Tate and Jessica Andrade for the most appearances in divisional history.
Her current four-fight UFC winning streak is the longest active streak in the women’s bantamweight division.
Her four victories in UFC women’s bantamweight competition are the most in divisional history.
Her four-fight UFC finishing streak is tied with lightweight champion Anthony Pettis for the longest among active fighters.
Her two submission victories in UFC women’s bantamweight competition are the most in divisional history.
Her six armbar finishes in UFC/Strikeforce competition are the most in the combined history of the two organizations.
Her six armbar wins are tied with Paulo Filho and Kazushi Sakuraba for the second most in UFC/Strikeforce/PRIDE/WEC combined history behind Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (seven).
Her five first-round finishes in UFC/Strikeforce women’s bantamweight competition are the most in history. The only fighter to come close to Rousey in the category is Amanda Nunes, who has two.
Her only two knockout victories took place in her past two fights.
She has been awarded four fight-night bonuses during her UFC tenure, the most of any fighter in women’s bantamweight history.
She is one of 18 fighters in UFC history with Olympic credentials.
Championship stats
Ronda Rousey
Rousey is the only fighter in history to earn an Olympic medal and a UFC championship.
She is one of nine fighters in UFC history to hold a championship with an undefeated record. Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Chris Weidman, Cain Velasquez, Lyoto Machida, Rashad Evans, Tim Sylvia, Randy Couture and Mark Coleman are the others.
She was one of three UFC champions to defend their title more than once in 2014.
Her four consecutive UFC title defenses are the fourth most among current UFC champions behind Jon Jones (eight), Jose Aldo (seven) and Demetrious Johnson (five).
Her two UFC title defenses in a 56-day stretch between UFC 168 and UFC 170 marked the fastest turnaround between successful title defenses in UFC history.
Her three first-round finishes in UFC championship bouts are tied with Anderson Silva, Tito Ortiz, Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski for the second most in modern history behind Matt Hughes (four).
She is the only fighter in UFC/Strikeforce/PRIDE/WEC history to earn two title defenses in less than one minute.
Her 54-second submission of Sarah Kaufman at “Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman” is the fastest submission in a Strikeforce championship fight.
Her 16-second knockout of Alexis Davis at UFC 175 is the second fastest knockout in a UFC championship fight behind Arlovski’s 15-second stoppage of Paul Buentello at UFC 55.
Her knockout of Davis tied Frank Shamrock’s UFC 15.5 stoppage of Kevin Jackson for the second fastest finish overall in a UFC title fight history behind Arlovski’s victory over Buentello.
In-fight stats
Ronda Rousey and Alexis Davis
Rousey’s total cage time after 10 pro fights is 24 minutes and 48 seconds, an average of two minutes and 29 seconds per fight.
Her longest fight to date lasted 10 minutes and 58 seconds.
She’s never been knocked down or submitted.
Her 25-second submission of Sarah D’Alelio at Strikeforce Challengers 18 is the second fastest submission in Strikeforce history.
Her 13 takedowns landed in UFC and Strikeforce competition have come from the clinch. She’s landed 13 of 18 attempts for an accuracy rate of 72.2 percent.
She was the first fighter to score a standing knockdown in the history of the UFC women’s bantamweight division. She registered the feat against Sara McMann at UFC 170.
Her knockout of McMann stemmed from a knee to the body and marked just the second time in UFC history a title fight has ended with a strike to the body. George St-Pierre registered the other such finish when he stopped Matt Serra at UFC 83.
Her 16-second knockout of Davis at UFC 175 is the fastest finish in UFC women’s bantamweight history.
She lands 11.1 total strikes per minute, the third highest average in UFC/Strikeforce combined history.
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FightMetric research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.
