Ronda Rousey and Travis Browne announce birth of daughter La’akea Makalapuaokalanipō Browne

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Ex-UFC women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey, 34, announced the birth of her first child, a daughter, with UFC veteran Travis Browne via InstaGram on September 27, 2021.

The proud parents had a Pokemon themed gender reveal party in June after announcing they were expecting in April. Rousey married Browne in 2017.

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Rousey most recently performed for the WWE after retiring from MMA in 2016 after suffering back-to-back KO losses in the UFC.

Below is their gender-reveal video from June.

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Nate Wilcox is the founding editor of BloodyElbow.com. As such he has hired every editor and writer to work for the site. Wilcox’s writing for BE is known for its emphasis on MMA history, the evolution of fighting techniques and strong opinions. Wilcox developed the SBN MMA consensus rankings which were featured in USA Today from 2009 to 2011. Before founding BE, Wilcox was a political operative working for such figures as Senators John Kerry and Mark Warner and an early political blogger. He is the co-author of Netroots Rising, a history of the political blogosphere from 2003 to 2007. Wilcox also hosts the Let It Roll podcast on music history for the Pantheon Podcast Network.