--- title: Ronda Rousey Dedicated Biggest Fight to Cancer Patient description: Rousey speaks about what drives her to keep pushing through the pain of her defeat. canonical: https://time.com/4300091/ronda-rousey-time-100-video/ author: Diane Tsai article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-21T11:00:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:15:02.148Z og:title: Why Ronda Rousey Dedicated Biggest Fight of Her Life to a Cancer Patient og:description: The fighter talks about what drives her og:url: https://time.com/4300091/ronda-rousey-time-100-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70bf7950194af060/6988901ecd1bba5cbe7005d0/ronda_15_55_01-still006.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1920 og:image:height: 1080 og:image:alt: Ronda_15_55_01.Still006 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why Ronda Rousey Dedicated Biggest Fight of Her Life to a Cancer Patient twitter:description: The fighter talks about what drives her twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70bf7950194af060/6988901ecd1bba5cbe7005d0/ronda_15_55_01-still006.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why Ronda Rousey Dedicated the Biggest Fight of Her Life to a Cancer Patient > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Diane Tsai](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/), [Francesca Trianni](https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/) and [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/) Apr 21, 2016 11:00 AM UTC  by [Diane Tsai](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/), [Francesca Trianni](https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/) and [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/) Apr 21, 2016 11:00 AM UTC After [Holly Holm](http://motto.time.com/4190444/holly-holm-advice-underdog/) shocked the previously undefeated [Ronda Rousey](http://time.com/4140048/ronda-rousey-holly-holm-interview/) with a second round knockout at UFC 193 in November, the former bantamweight champion retreated from the public eye in order to heal. Now, the [2016 TIME 100 honoree](http://time.com/4298235/ronda-rousey-2016-time-100/) is back in the gym and training for a chance to regain her title. In a video interview, Rousey tells TIME about what drives her. “I was at the open workouts for the Holm fight,” she says. “And I tried to go and see every single person because I really want to be the People’s Champion.” The 29-year-old fighter says one fan in particular stood out. “This lady—she was dying of cancer—and she came to that open workout and stood out in the sun and all this stuff, so she could have a chance to meet me,” she says. “I could tell from seeing her hands she was real sick. And I promised her…I promised I would win, and I didn’t. I promised her, and I broke my promise to her. And it was so important to her, I could tell. And I really want to make it up to her. I really want to make it up to her before it’s too late.” Holm has since been beaten by Miesha Tate, which means Rousey won’t get the rematch she was expecting. Even though her hopes of taking back the belt now lie with a different opponent, her outlook hasn’t changed. “There are good people out there and I have to live up to their expectations because it really is that important,” she says. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4300091/ronda-rousey-time-100-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4300091/ronda-rousey-time-100-video/"},"headline":"Why Ronda Rousey Dedicated the Biggest Fight of Her Life to a Cancer Patient","datePublished":"2016-04-21T11:00:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:15:02.148Z","description":"'There are good people out there and I have to live up to their expectations'","url":"https://time.com/4300091/ronda-rousey-time-100-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","TIME 100","Ronda Rousey"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70bf7950194af060/6988901ecd1bba5cbe7005d0/ronda_15_55_01-still006.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Diane Tsai","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Francesca Trianni","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70bf7950194af060/6988901ecd1bba5cbe7005d0/ronda_15_55_01-still006.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ronda_15_55_01.Still006","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4300091/ronda-rousey-time-100-video/","name":"Why Ronda Rousey Dedicated the Biggest Fight of Her Life to a Cancer Patient"}}]}] ```