Ronda Rousey: The pioneer of women’s MMA

The story of mixed martial arts would be incomplete without mentioning the pioneering Ronda Rousey. Rousey had a meteoric and dominant rise to greatness, and single-handedly changed the sport. After a dominant run in Strikeforce, Rousey essentially forced Dana White to integrate women’s divisions to the UFC after he had defiantly said he never would. There may have been more successful female fighters who followed, but none of them made the impact that Rousey did in women’s MMA.