In a video posted on TMZ Sports, Rousey and Browne confirmed that they are engaged as “Rowdy” showed off a new diamond ring.
“We’re getting married,” Rousey said.
Browne confirmed his relationship with the former bantamweight queen in October 2015 during an appearance on “The MMA Hour.” The pair bonded while training together at Glendale Fighting Club in Los Angeles in the summer of 2015. Back then, Rousey was still the unquestioned queen of the UFC women’s bantamweight division, while Browne battled domestic violence accusations from his ex-wife, fitness model Jenna Renee Webb. Webb ultimately did not press charges against Browne.
“We were under a waterfall in New Zealand and it felt like the right place to do it,” Browne said of the proposal.
Rousey and Browne currently do not have a date or location set for their wedding. Browne is set to face Alexey Oleinik at UFC 213 on July 8, so it seems likely that the wedding would occur after that event.
“Soon, but I don’t know what goes into planning a wedding,” Rousey said. “It could be really easy. I don’t really want a lot. We don’t really need decorations or flowers, just somewhere to go and something to eat and some people around.”
Rousey hasn’t competed since suffering a 48-second technical knockout loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 207 on Dec. 30. UFC President Dana White recently said that while Rousey hasn’t officially retired from MMA, he doesn’t expect her to return.
“I’m very happy for Ronda and I’m looking forward to the wedding,” White told TMZ Sports.