Ronda Rousey has begun her press tour ahead of the UFC 207 main event bout for the women's bantamweight title against Amanda Nunes.
Rousey stopped by Ellen on Tuesday morning and spoke publicly about her intentions on how long she plans to continue fighting for the first time, confirming the rumors that she plans to walk away from the sport sooner than later.
"Not that long, I'm wrapping it up," Rousey said. "This is definitely one of my last fights. So everyone better watch. The show isn't going to be around forever."
The 29-year-old superstar noted that it's more of the mental fatigue of the buildup to fights that is getting to her, not necessarily physical fatigue from fighting.
"I think it's more the buildup that's tiring more than anything else," Rousey said. "If we had a fight right now, I'd fight and then go get dinner and I wouldn't feel really tired about it. It's the weeks and weeks of buildup where you know you're fighting this one person and it's like this showdown and the most important thing in your whole life and then there are millions of people watching. It's that buildup for weeks on end. If it happened right now, I wouldn't be nervous. It's the waiting."
Rousey seems ready to move on to the next stage of her life once she has tied up the one loose end in her UFC career, which is her loss last year to Holly Holm. There's no doubt UFC will offer her tons of money to continue fighting, which might keep her around for a few fights after 207, but the clock is ticking on the most famous female fighter's career.
