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Rousey had FOR THE
dark thoughts RECORD
after she lost title

to Holm

In this Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015 The ‘second half’ of NBA season awaits
file photo, Ronda Rousey, left,
and Holly Holm fight during Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30)
their UFC 193 bantamweight competes in the three point NBA all-star skills
title bout in Melbourne,
Australia. competition in Toronto on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron-
da Rousey says she had
dark thoughts after she lost
her bantamweight title to
Holly Holm in Australia last
year, her first defeat since
joining UFC.
“Honestly, my thought in
the medical room, I was sit-
ting in the corner and was
like, ‘What am I anymore if
I’m not this?’” Rousey said
Tuesday during an ap-
pearance on “The Ellen
DeGeneres Show.” ‘’Liter-
ally sitting there thinking
about killing myself. In that
exact second, I’m like: ‘I’m
nothing. What do I do any-
more?” Rousey told DeGe-
neres that her relationship
with UFC heavyweight Tra-
vis Browne helped get her
through.
“I looked up and saw my
man, Travis, was standing
there,” Rousey said. “I’m
looking up at him and was
just like: ‘I need to have
his babies. I need to stay
alive.’” Rousey won her first
12 mixed martial arts fights
— eight of them in less than
a minute — before step-
ping into the cage against
Holm in Melbourne last No-
vember. Holm finished her
off with a devastating kick
to the head. Rousey told
DeGeneres that she wants
to be the one to beat
Holm, who will make her
first title defense against
Miesha Tate in Las Vegas
next month.q