Ronda Rousey is the hottest athlete in women's sports in 2015. She's the UFC's undefeated bantamweight champion who has spun a career of eating opponents alive inside the Octagon into a secondhand fame as an action star on the silver screen. She holds millions of followers on social media, and is considered a worthy role model for young fans everywhere.

Ronda Rousey Pays Respect To A Historical Tragedy

Rousey has parlayed her spot in the limelight into a new autobiography. The memoir, titled My Fight, Your Fight, hits bookshelves later this month. For the first time, details from the book are beginning to emerge, and it appears Rowdy Ronda's path to the top was anything but smooth.

In those pages she recounts stories from her childhood: she was born with her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck and suffered from development disabilities that left her without speech until she turned four. She was emotionally shattered and suffering from substance abuse as a teen following the suicide of her father. All in all, it's a deeply humanizing portrait of one of America's most seemingly invincible figures.

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Read more about Rousey's autobiography in detail over at The Daily Mail.