ronda rousey said she had concussions and brain injuries from the governing body for years during herpent and we champion. the american who became the first women to join the 0c 12 who became the first women to join the 0c12 years ago successfully defended her title six times before defeats in 2015 to holly, ronda rousey says she finds it hard to watch that fight back then and it made her assess her career for the sake of her long—time health. it is sake of her long-time health. it is hard looking _ sake of her long—time health. it 3 hard looking back at the footage that match because i can see in my eyes that i'm literally suffering from a neurological injury decades in the making and there is one point rice saw that i like, meijer, i don't remember any of these things, i took a swing and i can see where she was and i completely missed and kept going into the cage and fell into the cage and all the stuff, people see that they're in there like this is ronda rousey being outclassed no, that's my brain not working, is going into that mexican —— internet match concussed. i was trying so

former ufc world champion ronda rousey tells us that she hid "concussions and neurological injuries"ears during her trailblazing career. more needs to be done to remove barriers to sport for disabled people according to a local report. all the home nations are in action this evening as qualification for next summer's women's euros in switzerland begins. scotland are in serbia, while northern ireland and wales have home games against malta and croatia. for england, they begin the defence of their european crown when they take on sweden tonight at wembley. joe lynskey reports. the weight of the euros —— way to the euro starts again at wembley. england won the last one. the lioness is our defending champions. in switzerland next year they go to win it back. at this time the route is tough. their qualifying group is set up to test them, with three teams ranked in the top six in the world. two go straight through, while third and fourth placed the play—offs. england start against sweden and there is no space to look back. . . , . . sweden and there is no space to look back. . . , ., ., .,

ronda rousey says she hid "concussions and neurological injuries" from ufc�*s governing body for yearsr time as bantamweight champion. the american became the first woman tojoin ufc in 2012, defending her title six times before tasting defeat in 2015 to holly holm. rousey says she finds it hard to watch that fight back and that the loss caused her to "self—assess" her career for the sake of her long—term health. it's hard looking back at footage in that match because i can see in my eyes that i am literally suffering from a neurological injury decades in the making and there is one point that i saw, mind i don't remember any of these things, i saw that i took a wild swing and i couldn't see where she was and i completely missed and kept going into the cage and fell into the cage and all this stuff. people see that and they say this is rondo being outclassed. no, that's me with my brain not properly working. i was literally going into that match concussed, i fell down the stairs, knocked myself out, tore my acl two weeks before that fight. i was trying so hard just to block everything o

give it up for ronda rousey, everybody.. i know you've suffered from concussions. how are you doing right now? >> i'm doing fine. i'm trying to be appreciative of every day. i have got dementia and alzheimer's in my family. so family members that haven't been taking impacts their whole lives. trying to appreciate the present. >> michael: you have to appreciate the present. you were the first in so many things. first woman to sign a ufc contract. you earned undefeated, had 12-0 record until your big bout famous fight in 2015. how did that bout change the course kwroufr career? >> i think it just really forced me to confront my own health issues that i had been burying and avoiding and at times living in denial of that. when my judo career, over ten years i have been experiencing concussion symptoms more often than not. back and forth cte and all that research was out. i just got to the point where all the hits i was taking, even though i was having fights that were only a couple seconds. there's 50 rounds of sparring that go

coming up on bbc news, the former ufc world champion ronda rousey tells us she hid concussions and neurologicalreer. rescue teams in taiwan are searching for dozens of people still missing after this week's earthquake. there've been aftershocks, and there's the threat of more landslides and rock falls. the death toll now stands at 12. rupert wingfield—hayes is there for us. how's the rescue operation going? there is a couple of things going on, the first is that behind me they are starting to dismantle this building you can see behind me. this is partially brought down by the quake on wednesday and was leaning over at a very precarious angle. it is in danger of toppling when there are any of these large aftershocks so they are now working to break it apart and bring so they are now working to break it apartand bring it so they are now working to break it apart and bring it down in a controlled manner. then we have the other thing going on, this large search and rescue operation in the mountains to the west of here where hundreds are still stranded, we were there earlier today and they were stea

now, to a really powerful admission by ufc legend ronda rousey. he hid multiple concussions and neurological injuries. she spoke at length to the bbc about fighting with those injuries, particularly during her defeat to hauli home, one of the biggest upset. i was literally going into that match — i was literally going into that match concussed. i tore my acl, fell down _ match concussed. i tore my acl, fell down the _ match concussed. i tore my acl, fell down the stairs, knocked myself out two weeks _ down the stairs, knocked myself out two weeks before that fight. that wasiust— two weeks before that fight. that was just so stressful and overworked. wasjust so stressful and overworked. my was just so stressful and overworked. my body was wasjust so stressful and overworked. my body was just holding on. i overworked. my body was just holding on i had _ overworked. my body was just holding on. i had the shortest recovery ever and i_ on. i had the shortest recovery ever and hust— on. i had the shortest recovery ever and ijust felt terrible. my kidneys

someone who's already won an olympic medal is ronda rousey.he wake of earth day, she's been talking to us about her new regenerative farm that she shares with her husband travis and their children — and why she feels it's crucial to "do something" about climate change now. me and trav starting browsey acres, which is our regenerative wagyu and poultry ranch, we took this land which was really degraded, neglected and mismanaged — it was more dirt than it was grass — and just started working with our animals, raising them regeneratively and mimicking these natural processes and bringing, like, a whole ecosystem to life and really being, like, stewards of the land and seeing it come to its fullest potential. we're trying to leave solutions for our kids and notjust a pile of money that's lit on fire, you know? so itjust makes everything that we're doing with browsey acres so much more important, because we're trying to address these crises that she's inevitably going to have to face in her lifetime. climate change is something that really weighs o