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Road to UFC 200: Rousey's pioneering spirit

It was already a long day for Ronda Rousey, but you couldn’t tell it by looking at her or seeing her interact with the people lining up to get pictures with her.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the historic MMA bill into law in New York City in April. And at Madison Square Garden that day, Rousey had flown in from California, took part in the photo ops and speeches, and now it was about to wind down. But backstage, politicians, workers from Albany, and seemingly anyone and everyone who was there asked Rousey for a few moments for a selfie or a chat, and the former women’s bantamweight champion refused no one.