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RONDA ROUSEY is ready to quit WWE to have a baby with ex-UFC heavyweight champion Travis Browne.

The former UFC fighter has revealed to that she plan to retire from the sport after "getting the job done".

 Ronda Rousey with husband Travis Browne
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Ronda Rousey with husband Travis BrowneCredit: Getty - Contributor

Rousey, from California, has been married to Browne since 2017.

She said: "I made a decision about my future and life and everything.

"I'm gonna do everything that I can to bring a spotlight to the women's evolution. Then, I'm gonna go have a baby."

When Rousey lined up at Wrestlemania 35 against Becky Lynch, the pair headlined the biggest night in the WWE calendar.

That was the first time in its 35-year history that two women had topped the bill.

Rousey said: "In a strange way, I feel like my job is done."

She had earlier told her trainer, fellow WWE star Nattie Neidhart: "I think after Mania, we're gonna start trying to have a baby."

Nattie said: "The focus, on Raw especially, has been on Ronda. So, to lose her, it's gonna be a big void in the division."

Rousey, 32, moved into WWE in 2014 after dominating the UFC scene.

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The couple are planning to have a baby as she prepares to quit WWECredit: Getty - Contributor
 Ronda Rousey is inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by husband Travis Browne
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Ronda Rousey is inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by husband Travis BrowneCredit: Getty Images - Getty
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WWE star Ronda Rousey conducts a media briefingCredit: Getty Images - Getty
 Ronda Rousey on the Jimmy Fallon Show in America
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Ronda Rousey on the Jimmy Fallon Show in AmericaCredit: Getty Images - Getty
 Ronda Rousey shopping in her native California
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Ronda Rousey shopping in her native CaliforniaCredit: Getty - Contributor

Three of her UFC pay-per-view fights had more than one million buys.

She started her career as an Olympic judo athlete.

Rousey became the youngest ever judoka at the Olympics when she represented the USA at Athens in 2004.

She won a gold medal at the World Junior Judo Championships in Budapest in 2004.

She went on to represent her country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, before moving into UFC in 2010.

In WWE, she became Raw Women's Champion for 2018/19, the longest reign ever.

This ended when she was beaten by long-term rival Becky Lynch.

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