Ronda Rousey reveals what inspired her to end nine-year MMA hiatus for one final fight

Ronda Rousey spoke to Fox News Digital about returning to the octagon for the first time in 10 years in what she says will be her final bout.

This Saturday will mark the end of Ronda Rousey's nine-plus-year hiatus from mixed martial arts, and if all goes as planned, it will mark her farewell.

The 39-year-old is perhaps the greatest female MMA star of all time, and she's giving fans one more show as she will face fellow legendary fighter Gina Carano at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, with the help of Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions.

"Yeah, I’m excited. It’s finally, like, super real," Rousey told Fox News Digital. "At first, we were training in secret for, like, a year. It was really more like a year and a half at this point, but at least over a year. And now it’s kind of really bittersweet that it’s coming to an end. I’ve been having such a great time. This camp has been one of the most incredible experiences of my life."

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UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey celebrates her victory over Alexis Davis at UFC 175 inside the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev., on July 5, 2014. (Donald Miralle/Zuffa LLC)

Rousey, the first woman signed by the UFC who became a Hall of Famer in 2018, retired in 2016 after six successful UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship defenses before entering WWE full-time. Rousey’s MMA record got off to a 12-0 start before she lost her final two bouts to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes, respectively, and nine of Rousey’s 12 victories came within the first 70 seconds. All but one victory was in the first round.

It's no secret that Rousey is out of her prime, but this camp "hasn't felt like a grind at all."

"We made joy a