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Ronda Rousey is currently plying her trade for the biggest wrestling company in the world, WWE, where she has reigned as Raw Women's Champion since August, ever since dethroning Alexa Bliss at SummerSlam.
Before her WWE career, Rousey was wowing MMA fans the world over with her devastating grappling and submission skills which at one point saw her become, perhaps the most famous MMA fighter around the globe.
The former Olympic Bronze medallist in Judo racked up 12 consecutive MMA wins as she took out the best the sport had to offer in the likes of Miesha Tate (twice), Liz Carmouche, Sara McMann, Cat Zingano and Sarah Kaufman.
That impressive run which turned her into a mainstream icon was snapped by Holly Holm at UFC 193 in one of the biggest upsets the sport had ever seen. It was followed up by an even more one-sided loss, 12 months later versus Amanda Nunes, who has subsequently taken Rousey's place at the top of the MMA female food chain.
In recent months, it has been reported that Rousey has struggled with the hectic WWE schedule and may well even be departing the sports entertainment powerhouse as early as April, after her likely title defence versus Becky Lynch in what could well be the main event of the April 7, 2019, spectacle.
So, the question is, if Rousey does depart WWE, where will she go and what will she do? Perhaps a return to UFC, the promotion that made her a star would be the perfect fit. Rousey wants to start a family with her husband, Travis Browne and the WWE schedule would be a very difficult fit with family life.
However, the UFC schedule of two to three fights per year could perhaps facilitate being a parent much easier. UFC President, Dana White would be so thrilled to bring Rousey back, he may be willing to only ask her to fight once a year.
The UFC is in Rousey's past. It should be in her future too. This slideshow looks at the three focal reasons why Rousey should return to the Octagon.
#3 Lighter schedule
Ronda Rousey has gone on record to say that the hectic WWE schedule surprised her and is reported to be considering a break from the company if not a permanent split in order to start a family.
Suffice to say the WWE schedule does not allow anywhere near the flex for a female performer to have a baby and an extended break from the action. Which is why no female performer has even done so within the company.
Kharma left to have a baby before she had even wrestled a match and made a one night only appearance in the 2011 Royal Rumble after she had unfortunately miscarried. She never wrestled in WWE again.
Any other female WWE wrestlers who have had children such as Trish Stratus and Beth Phoenix have done so, long after they left the company.
Rousey is an athlete and a proud one at that but the fact is that a UFC performer stands a much better opportunity of balancing family life with a career than a WWE sports entertainer does.
If Rousey is to choose, surely the choice is obvious.
#2 She will be an even bigger mainstream star and pay per view draw
Ronda Rousey was a star long before she entered WWE, her current home. She was a big name prior to joining UFC back in 2013. After appearing in movies, television shows and being screened to worldwide audiences in UFC and WWE, Rousey would head to UFC with an unbelievable following.
UFC is hungry for main event drawing cards following a lack of stars in recent years, which has seen them bring back the controversial Brock Lesnar, Jon Jones and others to pull pay per view orders. They would surely love to add Rousey to that list.
Rousey's UFC main events pulled in 450,000 buys, 340,000 buys, 600,000 buys, 900,000 buys, 1.1 million buys and 1.1 million buys.
Those numbers would at least double if Rousey were to return to the company. There are many marquee matches that could be promoted with Rousey as an opponent. Cyborg, Holm, Nunes, Pennington and Shevchenko to name just five.
UFC want it to happen. If Rousey does, the pair will make huge amounts of money together. If Rousey is serious about starting a family, two or three mega fights could set her and her family up for life.
#1 Unfinished business
Put very simply. Ronda Rousey has unfinished business in UFC. Her 12-fight unbeaten streak was shockingly snapped by former boxer, Holly Holm, at UFC 193 which saw Rousey surrender her Bantamweight Championship.
Taking a year out of the game to come back stronger than ever, Rousey's return lasted less than a minute as she was unceremoniously pounded by Amanda Nunes, who was the reigning Bantamweight Champion.
Nunes still holds that belt and with wins over Miesha Tate, Valentina Shevchenko (twice), Raquel Pennington and most recently, Cris Cyborg, to also add the Featherweight Championship to her CV, it is she, not Rousey who will be atop any greatest UFC female fighter list.
For an athlete as competitive as Rousey. That simply will not do. After a break of two years, she would be refreshed and ready, and no doubt confident.
Rousey could become an even greater legend, if she could avenge her past losses to Holm and Nunes and knock off a couple more of today's big names.
Who could bet against her, really?
