Ronda Rousey may seem like a nasty and tough woman but deep inside her heart is in the right place.
The reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Women's bantamweight champion does have a soft spot inside and she proved just that when she donated her UFC belt to a Brazilian Judo school, Instituto Reação, which was run by former Olympic judoka Flávio Canto.
Rousey, a judoka herself, won handily over Bethe Correia last weekend in an emotionally charged face-off stemming from Correia's suicide tweets some months back.
It took only 34 seconds for Rousey to dispose of Correia, winning via knockout after unloading a series of punches that eventually knocked out Correia.
As far as her amazing gesture is concerned, Rousey already had plans of leaving the UFC belt in Brazil even before she faced Correia at UFC 190.
"I've decided that after I win (at UFC 190), I'm going to make sure that when I have the belt, and I won't take it home with me," she said before facing Corriea last week. "I'm going to give it and make sure that it stays someplace in Brazil as my gift."
The UFC belt thus becomes the second gift that Rousey has given to the school. Back in March, the reigning UFC champion handed a $30,000 check. Aside from those gifts, Rousey also held some classes for the judo school back in September.
There is no word yet on who Rousey will face next, although there are two names being mentioned already.
One is Miesha Tate, someone whom Rousey has faced before and defeated on both occasions. Tate holds the distinction of being the only opponent to last more than one round in the ring with the current UFC Women's Bantamweight champion.
Another is Cris 'Cyborg' Justino, although she will have to satisfy UFC president Dana White's requirement which include fighting at least once and moving down in weight class.
