Photo Gallery: World Champion Ronda Rousey prepares for battle

UFC Champion Ronda Rousey keeps her guard up during training session at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Saturday, February 16, 2013. Rousey, 26, is the current bantamweight champion and #1 ranked 135-pound female MMA fighter in the world.

UFC Champion Ronda Rousey keeps her guard up during training session at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Saturday, February 16, 2013. Rousey, 26, is the current bantamweight champion and #1 ranked 135-pound female MMA fighter in the world.   (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

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Ronda Rousey is the first-ever and newly crowned Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s bantamweight champion. Rousey will headline Saturday’s UFC 157 “Rousey vs. Carmouche” pay-per-view on Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim in the organization’s first-ever women’s bout.

Photo Gallery: World Champion Ronda Rousey prepares for battle

UFC Champion Ronda Rousey keeps her guard up during training session with her trainer Edmond Tarverdyan at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Saturday, February 16, 2013. Rousey, 26, is the current bantamweight champion and #1 ranked 135-pound female MMA fighter in the world.   (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: World Champion Ronda Rousey prepares for battle

UFC Champion Ronda Rousey keeps her guard up during training session at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Saturday, February 16, 2013. Rousey, 26, is the current bantamweight champion and #1 ranked 135-pound female MMA fighter in the world.   (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: World Champion Ronda Rousey prepares for battle

UFC Champion Ronda Rousey throws punches to her trainer Edmond Tarverdyan during training session at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Saturday, February 16, 2013. Rousey, 26, is the current bantamweight champion and #1 ranked 135-pound female MMA fighter in the world.   (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: World Champion Ronda Rousey prepares for battle

UFC Champion Ronda Rousey gets her hands wrapped by her trainer Edmond Tarverdyan before a training session at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Saturday, February 16, 2013. Rousey, 26, is the current bantamweight champion and #1 ranked 135-pound female MMA fighter in the world.   (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: World Champion Ronda Rousey prepares for battle

Boxer Art Hovhannisyan ready for a training session at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Saturday, February 16, 2013. Hovhannisyan will fight soon on Showtime.   (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: World Champion Ronda Rousey prepares for battle

Boxer Art Hovhannisyan trains at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Saturday, February 16, 2013. Hovhannisyan will fight soon on Showtime.   (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: World Champion Ronda Rousey prepares for battle

Boxer Art Hovhannisyan trains at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Saturday, February 16, 2013. Hovhannisyan will fight soon on Showtime.   (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: World Champion Ronda Rousey prepares for battle

Boxer Art Hovhannisyan ready for a training session at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Saturday, February 16, 2013. Hovhannisyan will fight soon on Showtime.   (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: World Champion Ronda Rousey prepares for battle

There are a wide variety of training sessions going on at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Saturday, February 16, 2013.   (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)