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Ronda Rousey named the eighth-highest paid female athlete in the world

Ronda Rousey was named the eighth-highest earning female athlete in the world in a recent study conducted by Forbes.

The UFC women's bantamweight champion was the lone combat sports competitor to grace the list, breaking into the top-10 with estimated "salary, winnings, appearances, licensing and endorsements" earnings of $6.5 million from June 2014 to June 2015.

Rousey (12-0) saw her stock skyrocket over the study's 12-month window, propelled in large part by a pair of victories in a combined 30 seconds of fight time. Rousey defended her UFC title with a stunning 16-second knockout of Alexis Davis in July 2014, then topped herself with an even more ridiculous 14-second submission of Cat Zingano in Feb.