Ronda Rousey keen to continue UFC dominance in Bethe Correia bout

Having dominantly risen to prominence in UFC, undefeated American bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is hoping to continue her impressive career with a sixth successive title defence against Bethe Correia.

The 28-year-old Californian has shot to stardom in the sport, having become the first ever UFC female bantamweight champion, and is the overwhelming favourite to secure a 12th professional triumph against her Brazilian rival (11-0).

Entering the octagon in Brazil to face her latest opponent in the early hours of Sunday morning, Rousey is 5/2 with Coral to dispatch the home hope by KO or TKO.

Although, famed for her supreme submission skills in the cage, Rousey, rightfully nicknamed ‘the Arm Collector’, is odds-on 4/11 to inflict a maiden defeat on her Brazilian foe by that method, having triumphed with a reliant armbar manoeuvre in eight of her 11 UFC wins so far.

An unadulterated winner, Rousey stunningly finished her last bout in Los Angeles in 14 seconds, deploying a fluid armbar to stop Cat Zingano, and slammed veteran Alexis Davis to the floor before pounding her former challenger’s face until the referee intervened on after 16 seconds in the previous match-up.

Correia is the next female fighter faced with the daunting challenge of thwarting this seemingly unstoppable fourth degree judo black belt, a task which sees the unbeaten Brazilian bruiser a massive 8/1 outsider to achieve this feat.