Photo Gallery: MMA Champion Ronda Rousey’s open workout
Ronda Rousey stretches with a bungee at an open workout with the MMA champion at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Monday, February 10, 2014. Several media photographers and reporters documented Rousey’s every move as she gave interviews, warmed up, and sparred with her trainer Edmund Tarverdyan. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Ronda Rousey, a former two-time Olympic judoka and the first woman from the United States to medal in judo, will defend her Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s bantamweight championship against Sara McMann, a former Olympic medalist in wrestling, on Feb. 22 at UFC 170 in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay.
Ronda Rousey spars with her trainer Edmund Taverdyan at an open workout with the MMA champion at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Monday, February 10, 2014. Several media photographers and reporters documented Rousey’s every move as she gave interviews, warmed up, and sparred with her trainer Edmund Tarverdyan. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Ronda Rousey is interviewed at an open workout with the MMA champion at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Monday, February 10, 2014. Several media photographers and reporters documented Rousey’s every move as she gave interviews, warmed up, and sparred with her trainer Edmund Tarverdyan. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Ronda Rousey is interviewed at an open workout with the MMA champion at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Monday, February 10, 2014. Several media photographers and reporters documented Rousey’s every move as she gave interviews, warmed up, and sparred with her trainer Edmund Tarverdyan. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Ronda Rousey, ready for a workout, walks onto the mat to warm up at an open workout with the MMA champion at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Monday, February 10, 2014. Several media photographers and reporters documented Rousey’s every move as she gave interviews, warmed up, and sparred with her trainer Edmund Tarverdyan. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Edmund Taverdyan is interviewed at an open workout with MMA champion Ronda Rousey at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Monday, February 10, 2014. Several media photographers and reporters documented Rousey’s every move as she gave interviews, warmed up, and sparred with her trainer Edmund Tarverdyan. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Ronda Rousey’s sparring partner, who is matched to her height and size, is violently flipped by her at an open workout with the MMA champion at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Monday, February 10, 2014. Several media photographers and reporters documented Rousey’s every move as she gave interviews, warmed up, and sparred with her trainer Edmund Tarverdyan. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Ronda Rousey gets her gloves tied and taped by her trainer Edmund Taverdyan at an open workout with the MMA champion at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Monday, February 10, 2014. Several media photographers and reporters documented Rousey’s every move as she gave interviews, warmed up, and sparred with her trainer Edmund Tarverdyan. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Ronda Rousey punches a target held by her trainer Edmund Taverdyan at an open workout with the MMA champion at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Monday, February 10, 2014. Several media photographers and reporters documented Rousey’s every move as she gave interviews, warmed up, and sparred with her trainer Edmund Tarverdyan. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Edmund Taverdyan is interviewed at an open workout with MMA champion Ronda Rousey at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Monday, February 10, 2014. Several media photographers and reporters documented Rousey’s every move as she gave interviews, warmed up, and sparred with her trainer Edmund Tarverdyan. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Ronda Rousey spars with her trainer Edmund Taverdyan at an open workout with the MMA champion at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Monday, February 10, 2014. Several media photographers and reporters documented Rousey’s every move as she gave interviews, warmed up, and sparred with her trainer Edmund Tarverdyan. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Ronda Rousey spars with her trainer Edmund Taverdyan at an open workout with the MMA champion at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Monday, February 10, 2014. Several media photographers and reporters documented Rousey’s every move as she gave interviews, warmed up, and sparred with her trainer Edmund Tarverdyan. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Ronda Rousey spars with her trainer Edmund Taverdyan at an open workout with the MMA champion at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Monday, February 10, 2014. Several media photographers and reporters documented Rousey’s every move as she gave interviews, warmed up, and sparred with her trainer Edmund Tarverdyan. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Ronda Rousey spars with her trainer Edmund Taverdyan at an open workout with the MMA champion at the Glendale Fighting Club in Glendale on Monday, February 10, 2014. Several media photographers and reporters documented Rousey’s every move as she gave interviews, warmed up, and sparred with her trainer Edmund Tarverdyan. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)