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"&lt;img alt=\"1108_ronda_rousey_tmz\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/11/08/1108-ronda-rousey-tmz-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ronda Rousey&lt;/strong&gt; just made MMA history ... becoming the very first female fighter to join the UFC ... TMZ has learned. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rousey -- a former U.S. Olympian -- has officially joined Dana White's MMA organization ... and automatically becomes the 135 lb women's champion. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told 25-year-old Ronda will defend her title in 2013 -- possible opponents include Sara McMann, Cris Cyborg and rival Miesha Tate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rousey has been fighting in Strikeforce since last year and emerged as a superstar ... beating the living crap out of just about everybody she's faced. In fact, she's undefeated. Just check out this highlight reel. (&lt;strong&gt;WARNING: SHE SNAPS SOME CHICK'S ELBOW IN THE VIDEO&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/Rf-eNVAeC0U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And there's more ... sources say Strikeforce, which airs on Showtime, will be running its last event in January before folding up shop for good. A rep for Strikeforce had no comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a pretty crazy turn of events -- considering last year, Dana told TMZ &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2011/01/19/dana-white-ufc-women-fighters-cris-cyborg-santos-gina-carano-mma-female/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;women would \"NEVER\" fight&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/a&gt;in the UFC.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;{{tmz_video_0}}"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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