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Ronda Rousey to Host Saturday Night Live

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UFC 193: Rousey v Holm
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 15: Ronda Rousey looks on before facing Holly Holm (not pictured) in their UFC women's bantamweight championship bout during the UFC 193 event at Etihad Stadium on November 15, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC—Zuffa LLC via Getty Images
By Olivia B. Waxman

Champion mixed-martial arts fighter Ronda Rousey will host Saturday Night Live on Jan. 23.

Dubbed “the world’s most dominant female athlete” by Sports Illustrated, the Olympic medalist made headlines in 2015 for being undefeated and bringing new awareness to the sport — until she lost the UFC women’s bantamweight championship title to former boxer Holly Holm. Her memoir My Fight / Your Fight, published last spring, became a New York Times bestseller.

Pop star Selena Gomez will also make her SNL debut during that episode.

SNL returns Jan. 16, with host Adam Driver (Girls, Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

 

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