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Ronda Rousey shuts down UFC return: ‘I’m not neurologically fit to compete anymore’

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Amid heavy links to a potential return to the UFC in the last number of years, inaugural bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey has confirmed she has no plans to compete in combat sports again — citing her apparent unfit neurological state.

Rousey, a former undisputed bantamweight champion under the now-defunct, Strikeforce banner, was instated as the inaugural bantamweight titleholder upon her move to the UFC.

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Most recently featuring at UFC 307 at the end of 2016, Riverside grappler, Rousey had snapped a year long hiatus from the sport with a title charge against Amanda Nunes, losing a dominant opening round TKO loss against the Brazilian.