"I'm a catch wrestler, so I used catch wrestling in Mixed Martial Arts." — Shayna Baszler

Ronda's a natural athlete. Just learning a different rule set and bringing what she has from MMA would be the same: does her judo translate to MMA, will her MMA translate to pro wrestling? She's been pretty successful one way, and I think she'll be pretty successful the other way.

Look at something like boxing. People know that some fights are fixed, but nobody looks at a boxing match and automatically assumes it's fake.

If I could have had the opportunity to be a full-time fighter while I was one of the best in the world, what could I have done then?

I think seeing me cross over to pro wrestling and having fun - I get up in the morning, and I'm not a morning person. My alarm goes off, and I'm back out and training again.

I'm being more physical and aggressive while, at the same time, I'm not being overwhelmed by strong fighters like Sara McMann.

I've fought on some big cards. I've fought in some big arenas, on televised cards, pay-per-view cards, whatever.

It's not like I was saying, 'Oh, I want to make it to the UFC one day,' because the sport wasn't big enough then that a guy could have this as his job.

I'm looking forward to getting out there and twisting limbs off and breaking bodies.

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I'm a catch wrestler, so I used catch wrestling in Mixed Martial Arts.