competitors that i have ever met in my life. that sense of competitiveness started at a young age. growing up in north dakota, rhonda was a swimmer, but when she moved to l.a., she took up judo. this was not without a bit of resistance from her mother who just happened to be the first midwestern world champion in judo. she didn t want me to do it. she thought people would expect too much out of me because i was her daughter, and she a i didn t speak very much and we moved to l.a. from north dakota so i had a very thick accent. so i was oh, geez for pete s sake, st. ann s is such a nice play to go. i just didn t fit in. so judo forced me to be one-on-one with a kid. and i didn t have to say anything, it force med to be social. judo would bring rhonda to the olympic stage where she was
part of the 2004 and 2008 teams. she failed to medal in 2004 and was disillusioned by the life an olympian. so after the 2004 olympics, you ran away from home, i understand? it pretty much came down to everything i did was dictated by someone else. so i ran away and got a job at a convenience store. while in upstate new york, rhonda still maintained a rigorous training regimen, but stayed away from the restrictive life of coaches and practices. i ended up moving to chicago for a while. i had no real coaches, no one was really coaching me. so i ended up having like one of the best years ever, i won the world cup and we haven t had an american woman do that in nine years and i was actually making a little bit of money. fortunately she had a change of heart and decided to give the olympics one more try. it went way better the second
time and it was a mismatch between two women and it completely turned me off to women fighting in mma. it s just a testament now to how much the sport has evolved that we can actually create an entire gigs in the ufc. so it wasn t a sexist statement on your part? no. everybody thought it was and everybody would accuse me of that and it was not sexist. i m the furthest thing from that. they re not going find anything like me. fox files sat down with one of ufc s most dominating women fighters and current 135-pound bantamweight championship. rhonda rozi, she holds more wins coming by arm bar in the first round. i m entirely emotionless when i walk into the ring. she s one of the most fierce
part of the 2004 and 2008 teams. she failed to medal in 2004 and was disillusioned by the life of an olympian. so after the 2004 olympics, you ran away from home, i understand? itretty much came down to everything i did was dictated by someone else. so i ran away and got a job at a convenience store. while in upstate new york, rhonda still maintained a rigorous training regimen, but stayed away from the restrictive life of coaches and practices. i ended up moving to chicago for a while. i had no real coaches, no one was really coaching me. so i ended up having like one of the best years ever, i won the world cup and we haven t had an american woman do that in nine years and i was actually making a little bit of money. fortunately she had a change of heart and decided to give the olympics one more try. it went way better the second
one of the girls on the scene. it s their whole lives on the line. it s their whole world to them. and it would be disrespectful for them for me not to take it just as seriously. is it about the team or about you and misha? just about me and misha. we have to have a sense of ca some people don t like being up front and being honest because it s not nice and it s not polite. their rivalry comes to a head this december when rhonda and misha are going to be fighting for the title.