You look great.
Thank you.
You look fantastic.
OK.
So explain this change to me, because I'm not really--
so you were a mixed martial arts fighter.
Yeah.
That's what you were doing.
And now, you are a professional wrestler.
Yes.
Right?
OK.
So explain the difference for me to understand that.
And why did you make that change?
Well, pro wrestling, WWE, I kind of
describe it as more like a live TV show about a wrestling
tournament where everyone does their own stunts.
OK.
And that's pretty much it.
So it's not fake fighting, it's scripted.
So when I got slapped across the face the other day,
that was a real slap.
There's no real way to fake that.
Right.
They don't bring out the rubber hand or something for me.
And I think the main difference is it's a team.
I've never been on a team my whole life.
Right.
I was a swimmer, that was alone.
I did judo, that was alone.
I was a fighter, that was alone.
And with WEE it's like a big team.
Everyone's working together to try and make
it as great as possible.
And is it choreographed?
Do you have to--
So you have to learn all kinds of--
[LAUGHTER]
Yeah.
That was supposed to happen, right?
Yeah.
And was it hard?
You had to keep that a secret, right?
Yeah.
Well-- which was really tough, because I'd
been training for a while, and no one
was supposed to know that I was training.
And when they were trying to sneak me into the Royal Rumble,
it was in Philadelphia, and I was filming Mile 22 in Colombia
And in the day of social media, it's
really hard to go anywhere secretly,
which I'm sure you know.
Yeah.
And I had to try and sneak myself,
flying commercially from Colombia to Miami.
And Florida is the capital of wrestling, so
how the hell am I going to get there unseen?
And so, I just put on a beanie, and some glasses, and a hood
on.
And they put all these police around me.
And it really looked like I got busted for drugs.
Everywhere I went these people were escorting me,
and I put my head down, and I look like I'm
really ashamed of myself.
And no one took a picture, and I snuck in.
Wow.
Yeah.
Wow, that's amazing.
So now, are you going to-- is it hard?
Because how long did you do mixed martial arts?
Ooh.
I would say maybe six, seven years-- seven years.
Right.
So how do you not, automatically,
when you're in a ring with somebody, slip into something
and just do something that you are not supposed to do.
Well, I guess that's why we rehearse and know
choreograph things.
But it's-- I think the more the reactions come from my mom
waking me up an arm-barring me as a child to try and get me
to have really fast defense--
which is totally normal, right?
[LAUGHTER]
So I mean, we go rehearse things enough
where I feel like I wouldn't go out of character or something.
But if someone halls often socks me one
and they're not supposed, then no one
will know if I hit them back, right?
Exactly.
That--
[LAUGHTER]
Was my question.
And so, would you ever go back to UFC?
I don't know.
I think it's just as likely as me going back
to another Olympics for judo.
And no one demanded a written resignation from me for judo.
And I don't really think the same thing
is necessary for fighting.
And I'm just doing what I enjoy.
And WWE is what I enjoy right now.
Yeah.
So you were here--
I don't think was the last time, but my favorite moment
is, when you were here and you were showing Andy--
and he really didn't think you were going to hurt him,
but you did.
So this is you throwing Andy down.
And then he kept trying to get up, and--
[LAUGHTER]
Yeah.
That was being really nice about it that day, actually.
I know.
That's the really cuddly version of that throw.
Yeah.
And you were just talking, having a conversation.
[LAUGHTER]
I thought that's what we were supposed to be doing.
He was fighting me back.
I didn't know I was in for a fight.
And then he finally tapped the mat.
And then he finally gave up.
[LAUGHTER]
I love those pants.
Remember that, Andy?
I do.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Fondly?
It's great to see Ronda again.
Yeah.
[LAUGHTER]
So I want to talk with about-- you have a farm?
Kind of.
We call it our tester farm before we go out
in the middle of nowhere.
Some people have tried doing that, and they're like,
yeah, I watched a few videos on YouTube, I can live off-grid.
Eventually I want to have our own little mountain,
and just be in the middle of nowhere.
But this is kind of our tester.
So you have goats.
Yes.
We have three goats.
They are pet goats--
Max, Pax and Clay.
Yeah.
Those are our boys.
And then we have seven chickens and three dogs.
And we're working our way up.
We're getting there.
That's so cute.
I want to get a goat.
[LAUGHTER]
I need goats and lambs.
I need all those things.
We're back with WWE superstar Ronda Rousey.
And you have your first match coming up, right?
Yes.
Are you excited about that?
Oh, I'm extremely excited.
Are you nervous?
I mean, I'm nervous, but it's not like Olympics nervous.
You know what I mean?
It's not like-- the worst thing that will happen
is I'll look stupid, which is not the worst
thing that could really happen.
So I can't think of the last time
I was so excited for anything-- like, really
looking forward to it.
You know what I mean?
You have-- look, see you're so-- when you smile,
you seem so nice and friendly.
And then, you have this--
[LAUGHTER]
You have this other side of you.
You have a face that you--
show people the face--
[LAUGHTER]
Oh.
Yeah, that face.
Well, my godfather taught me how to mean mug
when I was a little kid.
And in Judo, you bow before you get into the mat.
You bow at the edge of the mat, and then you
bow to your opponent.
And so, he's was like, OK, this is
how you're going to look mean.
You bow, and then when you come up,
you look through your eyebrows.
And then you bow again, and you look through your eyebrows.
And then you show them who's the baddest little girl.
And that was the thing.
Just look through your eyebrows.
So I'll just turn it down, and then look up.
There you go.
See?
[LAUGHTER]
That's pretty mean.
I believe it.
[APPLAUSE]
[LAUGHTER] You got to keep it low.
Keep it low and look up.
[LAUGHTER]
All right.
You can see Rhonda's first WWE match at Wrestlemania 34
on Sunday, April 8, streaming live on the WWE network.