Ronda Rousey, the Ultimate Fighting Championship's biggest star, is once again leading headlines. And rightly so.
This time, it's twofold. She's on the cover of Sports Illustrated, which is still a big thing. Even as the digital revolution marches ever onward, being featured in the pages of Sports Illustrated represents a kind of cache that a million features on MMA-specific websites just cannot bring.
Excited and honored to represent MMA on the cover of @sinow!!!! ud83dude4fud83dudc4aud83dude01 https://t.co/hHcA8L1m6q
— Ronda Rousey (@RondaRousey) May 12, 2015
And the cover?