Ronda Rousey Keeps Promise, Attends Marine Ball
UFC fighter Ronda Rousey made good on her promise to attend the Marine Corps Ball with a fan.
Rousey attended the Friday night event in South Carolina with Marine Lance Cpl. Jarrod Haschert, despite rumors that she might not show.
Haschert invited Rousey to the event in August, calling her “a phenomenal person,” but his mom recently said he hadn’t heard from Rousey since she accepted his invite. His mom said, “He said, ‘All I know is I’m going in the hopes she’ll be there.’ ”
As Rousey headed to the event Friday, she said, “I promised I’d go. It’s an honor to be asked.” In fact, she said, it gave her a reason to leave the house, as she continues to recover from her defeat against Holly Holm in November.
She said, “Honestly, I probably would stay on my couch crying and eating ice cream for like another month if he didn’t ask me to go.”