Hard Knocks Fighting Championship, June 17, 2011, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
With difficulty finding opponents, Ronda Rousey agreed to fight Charmaine Tweet — a Muay Thai champion making her pro MMA debut — at her weight of 150 pounds and in her home country. But a week or so before the fights, Rousey was with her sister in Rite-Aid when Strikeforce called and asked if she wanted to replace Gina Carano, who had been injured, and fight Sarah D’Alelio. Rousey, with visions of quitting her three jobs, happily agreed and went on a spending spree … only to learn that the promoter would not release Rousey from her contractual obligation.
• VIDEO: Ronda Rousey on her second pro fight vs. Charmaine Tweet
ROUSEY: “I was like, please, please. I literally begged. ‘Listen, you don’t know what you’re doing right here. It’s not gonna work out well for you. I’m just telling you, man. Let me out, let me go do this.’ They didn’t believe me. So I was pissed … off. And I’d recently broken up with the love of my life. It was so sad. I was so sad and broke and mad … so I went to Canada pissed … off.
“And, yeah. I came out right away, threw her right away, then she popped up. I actually did like an inside kick … and then I threw her off the cage, went straight into a mount. She pushed off to try to get me off and then I spun right into an armbar. And then I jumped up and I was like, ‘I (bleeping) told you so!’”
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Before she was a pro: Her amateur career
Fight No. 1: Defeated Ediane Gomes in pro debut
Fight No. 2: Defeated Charmaine Tweet in Canada
Fight No. 3: Defeated Sarah D’Alelio in Strikeforce debut
Fight No. 4: Defeated Julia Budd to improve to 4-0
Fight No. 5: Defeated Miesha Tate to win Strikeforce belt
Fight No. 6: Defeated Sarah Kaufman in San Diego
Fight No. 7: Defeated Liz Carmouche in first UFC fight
Fight No. 8: Defeated Miesha Tate for second time
Fight No. 9: Defeated Sara McMann in Olympian vs. Olympian fight
Fight No. 10: Defeated Alexis Davis as her star begins to shine
Fight No. 11: Defeated Cat Zingano at Staples Center in 14 seconds
Fight No. 12: Defeated Bethe Correia in 34 seconds in Brazil
