Cast members Ronda Rousey (L) and Sylvester Stallone pose during a photocall on the Croisette to promote the film "The Expendables 3" during the 67th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 18, 2014.
Cast members Ronda Rousey (L) and Sylvester Stallone pose during a photocall on the Croisette to promote the film "The Expendables 3" during the 67th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 18, 2014. REUTERS

At some point in the career of a fighter, losing happens. It recently happened to Anderson "The Spider" Silva. In the World Wrestling Entertainment, it happened to Undertaker during his streak in Wrestlemania. In the boxing scene, Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr. is chasing Rocky Marciano's immaculate 49-0 record. But Ronda Rousey hopes to last her whole career without tasting a single defeat at the hands of her competitors.

During an Interview with Jim Rome on "Showtime," the reigning women's bantamweight champion dished in on the thought of her losing a match and was adamant that she would rather die than lose a fight. Rowdy was candid in saying that there have been fights in the past when she thought she would lose, but she thought that she would rather break her neck than lose by submission.

"I know that I would rather physically die than die inside from losing a fight. I remember every single loss of my career but have forgotten so many of my victories," Rousey said. "It's not that I've never lost; it's that I've lost at the worst times, so I know what a loss is."

The current champion has an immaculate record in her professional mixed martial arts career (10-0 UFC) but has already suffered some losses during her amateur days and when she was competing for the Olympics when she was younger. The former two-time Judo Olympian insists that if she loses a fight it would not be because of submission.

She also relayed that she looked up to her mother who was a world champion in Judo, and she also had the chance to win a title but failed to do so as she lost in the latter rounds. She then described the feeling of losing as dying. Judo is a sport that relies heavily on defence, thus Rousey has shifted to the Octagon when fighting and winning over another fighter by domination is encouraged.

Rowdy expounded that she experienced all the losing in the world during her judo days and that was what motivated her to move up to mixed martial arts. It was a given that she always lost on points, but she believed nobody could beat her straight up. Rowdy also reminisced about her debut fight with Liz Carmouche in 2013. She explained that she was on the verge of losing after Carmouche tried a rear naked choke, but she brought out her will to win via an armbar submission.

Rousey is set to defend her title against returning fighter Cat Zingano. It is one of the preliminary fights in UFC 182 at Las Vegas in January next year. The face of the UFC is looking at two immediate title fights in January and March and is not planning to relinquish her belt anytime soon.