UFC legend Ronda Rousey has announced she is fighting a private health battle.
The MMA icon had a gruelling career that has now left her with traumatic long-term injuries.
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The 38-year-old was the first female champion in UFC history and defended her title six time.
She retired in 2016 and moved to appear in the WWE and Hollywood acting roles.
Rousey’s UFC run ended with back-to-back defeats to Amanda Nunes and Holly Holm.
And the bantamweight queen has revealed she is still suffering the aftereffects of the Octagon.
The mom-of-two has told of her long-term medical issues, including temporary spells of blindness.
“Two of my triggers (are) bright lights and head impacts,” she told Untapped.
“So I’d get hit and I’d basically lose big chunks of my vision and my depth perception and my ability to track movements quickly and make snap decisions.
“Basically all the things that I need and I thought I have a concussion.
“I’m out on my feet, but I wouldn’t be stumbling around. I didn’t lose my balance.
“This was like, I had to retire because this kept happening to me more and more often to the point where I would get a jab and I would basically go blind.”
Rousey also revealed she has consulted doctors to help with her neurological issues.
It is understood she believes the concerns that date to suffering concussions, including from her judo days.
“I don’t have any regrets or anything like that,” she added.
“Fortunately, I have a lot more information now about what was going on with me.
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“I just felt like I couldn’t be honest about what I was physically going through without people feeling like I was making excuses for myself.
“I also feel like I didn’t owe anyone any explanation especially if they were going to s*** all over it.
“So yeah, I needed to figure out what was going on first.
“Dana sent me to this long-term fighters’ neurological study and they actually made some, I wouldn’t call them breakthroughs, but actually were able to diagnose a lot of the stuff that was going on with me and I guess still is.
“I just didn’t have all the information at that time.
“So, I couldn’t hand that information to me then to explain things better now, so no, I don’t dwell on that at all. It was the best I could do with what I had.”
Rousey – nicknamed Rowdy – won gold in judo at the 2008 Beijing Olympics before her MMA career.
