Sports Illustrated:
"UFC star Ronda Rousey says she loads up on sex before she fights"Ronda Rousey, the first woman signed to the UFC, says sex -- and plenty of it -- are on her things to do list before she fights.
"For girls, it raises your testosterone so I try to have as much sex as possible before I fight actually,"
Rousey said on the
Jim Rome on Showtime show Wednesday night.
"Not with like everybody," she added with a laugh. "I don't put out Craigslist ads or anything. But if I've got a steady I'm going to be like 'Yo, fight time's coming up.'"
The mixed martial arts star was responding to a question about what how some boxers abstain from sex before fights.
The 25-year-old American, an Olympic bronze medallist in judo, is 6-0 in MMA with every fight ending in the first round via an armbar submission.
She won the Strikeforce 135-pound title but recently signed with the UFC and will help introduce a women's division to the promotion...