While Ronda Rousey is out of the UFC she is not avoiding injury.
That was made clear in an Instagram post on Tuesday in which the former UFC bantamweight champion showed off a near-severed finger she sustained while filming a TV show.
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"So the word is out I nearly lost my finger shooting @911onfox," Rousey wrote. "Freak accident, first take of the day a boat door fell on my hand, I thought I just jammed my fingers so I finished the take before looking (I know it sounds crazy, but I’m used to live audiences and never showing pain unless I’m supposed to) after a break in the action I told our director the situation and was rushed via ambulance to the hospital where they promptly reattached my bone and tendon with a plate and screws.
"I returned to filming the next day and finished my scenes before returning home to recover. Modern medicine amazes me, I already had 50% range of motion back in 3 days. There’s so much more than I can write here, stayed tuned via @rondarouseydotcom for the full story. And of course, tune in to see how well I can act like my finger didn’t just fall off in this upcoming season of @911onfox."
Here is the post, but we warn you, it is a disturbing image.
Rousey, 32, was the UFC's first women's bantamweight champion. She defended her title five times before getting knocked out by Holly Holm at UFC 193.
She then went on to fight Amanda Nunes for the belt and was knocked out in the first round.
Since then she has moved on to starring in movies and TV shows and signed with WWE and performs on the RAW brand.