Jul 5, 2014; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Ronda Rousey (red gloves) trades punches with Alexis Davis (blue gloves) during a women's bantamweight title bout at Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Jul 5, 2014; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Ronda Rousey (red gloves) trades punches with Alexis Davis (blue gloves) during a women's bantamweight title bout at Mandalay Bay Events Center. REUTERS

Ronda Rousey's popularity in the mixed martial arts world has opened the venue to a multitude of options, not just fight paths but also career -wise. During her latest interview, she hinted at weighing her options after her bout against Cat Zingano at UFC 184 at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, California.

"I've got everything getting thrown my way right now," Rousey said per MMA Fighting. "I'm in a fortuitous situation where I have so many options, that I could take very many different paths right now. And which path I choose will very much depend on the manner in which I beat Cat Zingano."

The reigning UFC women's bantamweight champion is spry at a prime age of 27 and she has parlayed her popularity into other career such as modelling, film and coaching. Just last month she signed a modelling gig for a popular jeans brand, Buffalo David Bitton. As a budding film actress she has the ensemble sequel Expendables 3 under her belt with two other feature films for 2015 underway with Furious 7 and Entourage the Movie. She has also been rumoured to appear in the next instalment of Wrestlemania 31 and her latest involvement with The Ultimate Fighter widened her horizon as a wrestling coach. Any of these options are viable but it is unclear if leaving the Octagon is what Rowdy is referring to.

Return to Judo

A return to judo is certainly not on the list as the former Olympian also made waves in recent days for her scathing comments on how the International Judo Federation (IJF) has banned ranked Judokas from competing in other types of contact sports. The former Olympics judo medallist was critical of how the organization is not supportive of their talent and using politicking to advance its own cause.

This is such bullshit-politics is going to destroy judo.I'm so glad I don't have to deal with these bastards anymore http://t.co/Bfr9rkAqZD

— Ronda Rousey (@RondaRousey) November 17, 2014

She made an example of a 2007 incident when the organization shouldered the trip for most of their representatives while the athletes had to foot all the bills for their expenses. She remembered that the organization only sponsored three athletes while it sent out 11 other delegates from within the organization. Rousey concludes that the IJF does not have a future plan for their athletes and the said talents are basically left in the mud after being used.

Rowdy is set to defend her title against Zingano this Feb. 28. Her future options if ever she focuses full-time with her mixed martial arts career is the long awaited bout with Cris "Cyborg" Justino.