The “F*ck You” Mindset That Made Me Champion | Ronda Rousey
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🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Ronda Rousey is back in the spotlight on Netflix this weekend — and it felt like the perfect moment to revisit this conversation we had with her in Hollywood - one of the most funny and honest conversations we've ever had on this show.
Sitting down with Jake and Damian in Hollywood, Ronda reveals the secret she hid from everyone: that she fought the final chapter of her UFC career already concussed, shutting herself in dark locker rooms between rounds to hide the damage. She talks about losing her dad at eight years old, the coaches who dislocated her jaw, the 14-second armbar she invented on the spot that's still the fastest title submission in UFC history, and the moment after her defeat to Holly Holm where she genuinely thought dying would be preferable.
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| 0:00.0 | I don't touch gloves at the beginning of the fight. |
| 0:05.0 | The bell rings its go. |
| 0:06.0 | It's the person who wants it most that's going to reach out and grab that victory in that moment. |
| 0:11.0 | If you're the kind of person that's willing to do anything to win, you're the kind of person that's willing to put up with anything to win. |
| 0:18.0 | You know, I feel like I'm really vilified by MMA media at this point. |
| 0:24.4 | I'm pretty sure if I walked into the arena, I'd be booed. |
| 0:30.4 | Ronda Rousey is back in the spotlight on Netflix fighting Gina Carrano. |
| 0:34.5 | So I think you should really hear this conversation we had with her in Hollywood |
| 0:38.0 | because when most people talk about Rhonda, they talk about the knockouts, the titles, the losses, |
| 0:43.2 | they rarely talk about the fact she walked into the final fights of her career already concussed, |
| 0:48.6 | that she taught herself a submission that had never been done before in UFC history in 14 seconds, while secretly hiding |
| 0:56.4 | a brain she was terrified, was breaking down. This is Rhonda, beautifully unfiltered. Enjoy. |
| 1:08.3 | Would you mind just describing the mindset of a young Ronda Rousey competing in judo at a young age? |
| 1:15.9 | Like, what was happening in that brain? What was happening on that mat? |
| 1:19.0 | Well, yeah, the fuck humanity. I could write novels on it. But yeah, there's certain things that |
| 1:26.4 | I feel like fighters need to have and it's like, |
| 1:29.9 | you know, strength, skill, work ethic and there's got to be like some fuck you and you. And you can tell |
| 1:36.1 | it when you see someone who's just competing and someone that's really trying to hurt somebody, |
| 1:40.4 | I think it's just a safe environment where those things are allowed and you don't have to control yourself. |
| 1:47.2 | You have a referee or someone else there to stop you. |
| 1:50.2 | You know, and you have that much like pent up frustration, anger at what's unfair in the world. |
| 1:57.8 | I don't know. |
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