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Former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey returns to MMA competition this May when she faces Gina Carano in the main event of the first MMA card to stream live on Netflix.
Rousey has had a series of issues surrounding concussions during her combat sports career, but she says UFC CEO Dana White pointed her in the right direction to resolve those issues.
“When I first approached Dana, he was like ‘first of all I want to make sure that you’re OK,’” Rousey told The Jim Rome Show (transcript via Damon Martin of MMA Fighting). “He sent me to the Cleveland Clinic where they have a longterm neurological fighter study going on. They checked me, did every single test possible to check me, and I actually finally got a positive diagnosis. Because we’ve never been able to figure out what’s going on with me and basically from lighter and lighter hits I’m getting concussion symptoms. I lose big chunks of my vision, my depth perception and ability to think clearly. Dr. [Charles] Bernick at the Cleveland Clinic said ‘I’ve listened to all of your symptoms, I’ve looked at all of your scans, your brain looks great.’”
The former women’s bantamweight champion is competing in MMA for the first time in just about a decade, while Carano has been out of action for an even longer period of time.
While her bouts against Carano isn’t happening under the UFC banner, Rousey is thankful to her former boss for helping her out.
“Thanks to Dana sending me to the Cleveland Clinic, I finally got a positive diagnosis and really know what’s going on and have some actionable knowledge to work off of,” Rousey said.
