UFC legend Ronda Rousey and MMA fighter Travis Browne have been married since 2017.
Through it all, their relationship has seen plenty of ups and downs.
This is the truth about Ronda Rousey's marriage.
On July 9, 2015, Travis Browne's estranged wife, Jenna Renee Webb, posted photos on
Instagram that showed bruises that she later claimed were caused by Browne. Webb wrote,
"Probably one of the hardest decisions I've ever made was walking away from
this life and starting over. I'm still ashamed for staying as long as I did."
When asked about the allegations, Browne's manager John Fosco said they would be,
quote, "disputed 1 million percent." Two months later,
the UFC completed a seven-week investigation conducted by a former FBI agent that found
inconclusive evidence to support the claims of alleged domestic violence. Browne's
suspension was subsequently lifted. Webb never reported the alleged incident to the police.
A year later, an emotional Browne broke down in tears when
discussing the allegations and the media's coverage of them. Brown told MMA Fighting,
"Honestly, I feel a little betrayed. If those are your reasons for lying,
but then you don't press charges, you don't try to do things the right way."
All this was taking place while whispers were flying that Browne and Rousey were in
a relationship. Webb seemingly confirmed those rumors in a tweet that read,
"I expected more from her. She should be ashamed of herself."
Webb went on to add,
"It's only a matter of time that she sees his true colors."
On October 12, 2015, Travis Browne put the rumors to rest. During an appearance
on the MMA Fighting podcast, Browne laid it out plain and simple, saying,
"Dating is for kids. Ronda and I started talking throughout the summer and I'll say
now that we are together. She's my woman and I'm her man. There's no boyfriend,
girlfriend stuff. There's no dating. We're together."
He went on to call her, quote, "compassionate" and a "sweetheart" that he wants to support in
everything she chooses to do. That same day, Rousey released a statement to ESPN
confirming that she was indeed dating Browne. Rousey said in the statement,
"It's true that Travis and I are in a relationship. I've really enjoyed the time we have
spent together and getting to know one another. And that's all I'm going to say about it."
During an emotional 2015 interview with ESPN after her shocking loss to Holly Holm,
a bruised and battered Ronda Rousey explained why she would
be in a relationship with a man who was accused of domestic violence. Rousey said,
"I'm very anti-domestic violence. But I know that he didn't do anything.
Now I'm put in this situation where I'm finally happy with somebody that
respects me and cares about me, and I'm like, 'What do I do?'"
Rousey went on to say that Travis Browne is a calming influence on her and she can't spend
any time worrying about public opinion. Rousey revealed to ESPN,
"Even when everyone thinks the world of me,
I still go to bed anxious and freaking out because I'm afraid of everything.
The only time I've gotten a reprieve from that [feeling] in my life is since I've been with him."
Rousey's decision to date Browne was perplexing to some in the media, because earlier in the year,
she said in her book, My Fight, Your Fight that she physically defended herself from
an unnamed ex-boyfriend who attempted to block her from leaving their apartment
after she allegedly caught him taking compromising photos of her. Rousey wrote:
"I punched him in the face with a straight right,
then a left hook. He staggered back and fell against the door."
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In the summer of 2017, Travis Browne was coming off a three-fight losing streak and was looking
to bounce back against Oleksiy Oliynyk during UFC 213. A week before the match,
Browne credited Ronda Rousey for bringing stability and support into his life that
he hoped would translate into the octagon. In an interview, Browne had this to say:
"My personal life is better than it's ever been."
Browne admitted that he was, quote, "pretty low" in his career,
but Rousey's support made all the difference in the world.
A week later, Browne lost to Oliynyk after tapping out at 3:44 in the second round.
Ronda Rousey stopped by Live with Kelly & Ryan in 2017, and while discussing how Travis Browne
proposed to her in New Zealand, the UFC legend revealed that their home was burglarized before
their trip. Rousey told the hosts that someone had been squatting in her house for three days
and stole several of her personal items, including Olympic rings, jewelry, and credit cards.
Unfortunately for the wannabe criminal masterminds,
the house was outfitted with a lot of security cameras. Rousey said,
"We saw that they were a bunch of kids with skateboards,
and there's a famous skate park right across the street cause we're in Venice."
Upon viewing the security footage with his wife, Travis Browne made a beeline to
the skate park and found the thieves right away. Rousey said that her husband handled
the situation like a responsible citizen by alerting the police once he spotted them.
"He's smart enough to not, you know, in the middle of the, he's like,
'We'll get sued pretty hard.' He found the police right then and they caught them."
Rousey added,
"[The thieves] knew it was my house. There's
no way you can't not know it's my house. What little punks."
During an appearance on Live with Kelly and Ryan in 2018, Rousey called her upcoming one-year
wedding anniversary with Travis Browne the best year of her life. Co-host Ryan Seacrest then
revealed a conversation he had with her producer who said that Rousey thinks Browne is, quote,
"suspiciously perfect." When asked what she meant by that, Rousey was more than willing to answer:
"Suspiciously perfect means he does things that I don't think a real human actually does."
Rousey went on to explain how Brown flew all the way to Bogota, Colombia while she was filming
the action movie Mile 22 simply because he wanted to see her. She then revealed how
Browne purchased some cast iron pans for her because he knew how much Rousey loved them.
He even seasoned them for her because he understood she was too busy to do it herself.
“This is another way you can go ahead and season your cast iron or your carbon steel pans."
When Ronda Rousey left UFC to sign a full-time contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in
2018, Travis Browne was her ultimate cheerleader. Browne told TMZ Sports,
"She's the biggest name in WWE right now. It's definitely a new chapter in her life,
you know? And this is one of the first times I've seen her truly enjoy the ride."
Browne added that his wife was, quote, "having a blast" and revealed that
everyone at WWE was very welcoming to Rousey and to him. Browne added,
"At the end of the day, to those guys, I'm just Ronda Rousey's husband. And they've
been so nice to me and to her, too. And they want nothing but the best for her."
Ronda Rousey joined the third season of Fox's hit drama 9-1-1
in 2019 playing an L.A. firefighter named Lena Bosko. You may be shocked to learn this,
but Rousey's character is also good at duking it out. In the fifth episode, Lena takes fellow
first-responder Edmundo "Eddie" Diaz to an underground fight club so he can work out some
of his aggression. But before Diaz can step in the ring, Rousey's character jumps in to fight first.
Her opponent? None other than her husband Travis Browne in an uncredited role. The
couple's fight scene didn't last long, and naturally, Lena won. As TMZ reported,
"Ronda's character easily ducked a few punches before hitting him with a flying
knee. She followed up with a superman punch, slammed his head against a truck, hit him
with a judo throw and then obliterated his face with some elbow strikes from the top position."
Ronda Rousey and Travis Browne are living the farm life on their ranch,
called Browsey Acres. Like Browne plus Rousey — get it? The farm's website reads,
"What started as just 2.4 acres in California [...] is now an
experience that you can also become a part of. The Browsey Acres mentality is simple:
By purchasing our Fullblood Wagyu meat, you are making the life-changing decision."
The couple are down with that environment-friendly lifestyle. The website goes on to say:
"Our sustainability story began long before Browsey Acres was even an idea.
From using water catchment systems on our driveway to the Tesla tiles on our roof,
we have tried our best to live as sustainably as possible."
The website also says that Rousey and Browne are currently living, quote,
"80% off the grid" on Browsey Acres. The farm has its own Instagram page and YouTube
channel where the couple give updates and share videos about life on the ranch.
In a video posted to her Instagram on March 12,
2020, Ronda Rousey said that she and Travis Browne didn't need to do "coronavirus panic
buys" due to their self-sustainable lifestyle. In the caption to her Instagram video, Rousey wrote,
"Our coronavirus panic shopping list is: Nonexistent. It's no
secret I've been a proud prepper for years- but let's all learn from this
pandemic panic and be a little more self sufficient and prepared in the future."
She then took fans on a tour of their well-stocked
ranch that includes fresh fruits and vegetables, chickens, organic eggs,
huge stores of clean water, Tesla tiles for power, and a deep freezer filled to the brim
with meat. Rousey also encouraged fans to start the same lifestyle by starting small.
Travis Browne has two sons from a previous relationship, and it seems Ronda Rousey
wasted no time forming a bond with the two lads. When Rousey made her debut appearance on WWE,
Browne shared a reaction video on Instagram he took with his kids. Browne wrote,
"So hard not telling these boys what was going on.
I absolutely love seeing that smile on your face. Your boys are very proud of you."
Rousey shared the same video with the caption,
"My favorite part of tonight – surprising my boys."
Being around the boys probably gave Rousey the classic baby fever, and in 2019,
the UFC legend told People that she and Browne eventually wanted to have
a baby together. Rousey also told the magazine,
"But we're also trying not to stress out about it and really enjoy the last of the
time that's just to be me, [Travis] and the boys."
Rousey said the couple were letting things happen the old-fashioned way
since she was no longer traveling up to 200 days a year. She went on to add,
"We want to be able to put it out there,
in the universe, that we want to start having our family."
During a January 2019 interview with ESPN, Ronda Rousey again stressed her desire to
have kids with Travis Browne. Rousey told the sports network,
"I've not kept it a secret that I would definitely want to start a family,
but how do you go about doing that? I love this way more than I thought that I would.
So do you just keep going until you just happen to get pregnant?"
Two months later, the couple decided it was now or never,
and Rousey shared a photo of her and the hubby kissing with a simple caption:
"#impregnationvacation." Spoiler alert: it worked. On April 21, 2021, Rousey and Browne announced
on her YouTube channel that she's expecting their first child. Rousey said in the video,
"Thank you everybody for all the well wishes and all the positivity to get to this
point. And yeah, we're really excited for you all to meet [the baby] like we are."
"Baddest baby on the planet, coming to you soon.”
"Watch out."
"September 22."
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