ufc's undefeated bantamweight champion 'rowdy' ronda rousey has dismissed claims that mixed martial arts is too dangerous a sport or that it degrades women the 28 year old told good morning america, 'there are so many ridiculous arguments that mma is somehow anti woman fighting's not a man's thing, it's a human thing to say it's anti woman, is i think, an anti feminist statement in the ufc, i mean, i'm the biggest draw in the sport and i'm a woman!' rousey, who won a bronze medal for judo at the 2008 olympic games in beijing, also feels that mma is unfairly stigmatized ufc's bantamweight champion ronda rousey gives an impassioned interview on good morning america  the 28 year old fighter believes that mma is an unfairly stigmatized sport that does plenty to help women  she said, 'i'm a two time olympian, olympic medalist, and when i was doing judo, the exact same things i really apply in mma, i was celebrated as an american hero somehow, when i do it for money, i'm a barbarian?' rousey also commented on how mma has helped to improve the way women are treated in popular culture in terms of ufc directly working towards that end, rousey explained, 'just this last weekend, women were introduced walking to the octagon not as women's bantamweights, they were just bantamweights they were just introduced as fighters, and that's it it's the first sport in the world to do that' rousey has recently signed a new long term contract with ufc rousey celebrates her victory over cat zingano in the ufc bantamweight bout in los angeles this year 
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ufc's undefeated bantamweight champion ronda rousey insists that mixed martial arts does plenty to empower women  the former olympic bronze medalist believes the sport is unfairly stigmatized  watch: rousey demonstrates signature 'armbar' move on jimmy fallon  rousey has recently signed a new long term contract with ufc  click here for all the latest ufc news 