UFC women's strawweight champion Ronda Rousey has officially made the cover of the May 18th edition of Sports Illustrated magazine. The news was announced Tuesday by Sports Illustrated as well as the UFC:
Congrats @RondaRousey on making the cover of #SportsIllustrated and named SI's most dominant athlete! On stands 5/13 pic.twitter.com/FAdh5amOxd
— UFC (@ufc) May 12, 2015
Rousey is the first UFC fighter to grace the cover of the magazine while being the feature story as well. Former UFC lightweight Roger Huerta also appeared on the cover of the magazine in 2007, but with two critical differences.