15 Things You Didn't Know About Ronda Rousey

Everything from her battles with bulimia to her Tinder alter-ego.

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Inside the octagon, Ronda Rousey is the baddest, most terrifying fighter in all the UFC. She stares her opponent down with a glare that looks like a lioness approaching her prey, like she might legitimately tear them apart with her teeth. But outside of the moments when she’s beating opponents so fast that entire fights can fit in a Vine, Rousey is a fairly complex person. From battles with bulimia to being denied the pleasures of Tinder because of her fame, here are 15 Things You Didn't Know About Ronda Rousey.

She tries to have "as much sex as possible" before a fight.

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She was unable to speak until 6 years old.

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Leading up to a fight she eats nothing but salty foods.

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Her original contract was only for $55,000.

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At 14 she would fight grown men to earn money to buy Frappuccinos.

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At age 16 she became a bulimic.

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She used an alter ego for her Tinder profile.

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Her father Ron committed suicide when she was 8.

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She became the first MMA fighter to appear in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue.

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Her first thought after a win is to fix her camel toe.

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She talked "Turtle" out of doing his own stunts in the Entourage movie.

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She's obsessed with aliens.

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She won her first eight MMA fights with an arm bar.

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Participated in both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.

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She lived with three of the fighters she coached on The Ultimate Fighter.

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