UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey isn't just one of the biggest stars in the sport, shes also its most 'impressive.'
That's according to UFC CEO Lorenzo Feritta, who praised both Rousey's trail-blazing ways inside the octagon and her celebrity persona outside it.
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"I feel like [Rousey's superstardom] is a seminal moment that's not just in sports, but in culture altogether," said Feritta, according to Yahoo! Sports. "This movement that's being led by Ronda Rousey... it's female empowerment... I mean who is to say, why can't Ronda Rousey be the biggest, most popular athlete in combat sports?
:And that's her whole attitude and that's why she is getting there," he added. "And [Ronda] has been the most impressive athlete we ever worked with, here at the UFC. I put her up there with the best of the best."
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And 2015 is poised to be even bigger for Rousey than 2014 was. She's already got a memoir set to be published, a starring role in the upcoming Entourage movie, and, oh yea, a fight on February 28 against Cat Zingano as a co-headliner of UFC 184 in Los Angeles.
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