Regulatory bodies don’t like it when you play the concussion card.
That’s why former UFC women’s bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey, may have trouble getting licensed if she decides to participate in the upcoming UFC White House event in June 2026. “Rowdy” previously claimed a “secret concussion history” forced her to retire from combat sports back in late 2017.
Knockout losses to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes certainly didn’t help matters.
“She shouldn’t even be cleared,” UFC veteran and current MMA
analyst, Din Thomas, told MMA Junkie. “How irresponsible would it be for a fight organization to hear all that then put her in a fight? To me, it almost sounds like you might’ve leaked that stuff in hopes they don’t put you back in a fight. You can’t play with those issues.”
“It wouldn’t be good for the sport,” Thomas continued. “It would be a real bad look on the sport to have someone complaining about those type of issues, and then you, knowing that, you still put her in a fight. If that’s the case, we’ve got to keep her out of the Octagon.”
Thats probably why brain-battered UFC veterans move on to fight in the “sweet science.”
Rousey, 38, claimed to have “found her love for the sport again” after returning to training, which led to speculation that longtime friend and promoter, Dana White, would book a Kayla Harrison showdown for the upcoming White House card. When asked directly, White said “I don’t know.”
Hopefully Rousey (12-2) has “better s—t to do.”
