Combat athletes often come out to fans as dangerous and ruthless. Their performances in the ring or the cage is what fans see. What still remains hidden is the number of sacrifices these athletes make to maintain their bodies according to weight regulations. In her memoir, My Fight/ Your Fight, former UFC star, and current WWE star Ronda Rousey has remembered some instances where she talks about the rigors of weighing in before a tournament and how it sometimes became a not-so-decent event. Throughout her initial career as a Judoka, traveled to different places for her tournaments. She wrote in her book instances from the British open where weigh-in became a struggle for her.
She mentioned some difficult moments
In her memoir, she mentioned some difficult moments from her career that show the truth about the ready-to-fight bodies we see in combat sports.
Hungry and dehydrated
She remembered the chaos. ‘Rowdy’ mentioned how hungry and dehydrated athletes went for their weigh-ins. She wrote, “The first tournament was the British Open.