There was a moment when Ronda Rousey’s comeback shaped up as the biggest fight in UFC history.
That moment has passed as Rousey breaks her 13-month hiatus after getting knocked out by Holly Holm to face Amanda Nunes in the main event of UFC 207 tonight at T-Mobile Arena. Rousey’s return is subdued, and that’s much to her own doing.
She’s gone into seclusion since suffering the first loss of her career, maintaining a silence that’s had far-reaching implications. Her absence made her lose the opportunity of an immediate rematch with Holm that many once thought could become the first UFC pay-per-view to break 2 million buys.