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Ronda Rousey admits she was concussed before 2015 Holly Holm fight, talks ‘resentment’ toward fans

Ronda Rousey didn’t just face pressure heading into perhaps the biggest fight of her career at UFC 193. She stepped into the octagon that day still dealing with a serious head injury.

In an interview with YouTuber Valeria Lipovetsky released Tuesday, Rousey, 37, admitted she was concussed just before she suffered a devastating head-kick knockout against Holly Holm in the second round of their 2015 women’s bantamweight title fight in front of more than 56,000 fans at then-Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.

As Rousey put it so bluntly, “I was out on my feet for the entire fight.”

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