Looks like UFC women’s bantamweight champion has hit the ground running on this movie star thing.
Variety reports that Rousey is in negotiations to snag a supporting role in Fast & Furious 7, which will began filming in Atlanta this fall.
Just two weeks ago, Sylvester Stallone announced that “Rowdy” would be a part of the Expendables 3 cast, which will be her first appearance in a major motion picture.
Rousey is set to rematch rival Miesha Tate, who coached opposite her on season 18 of The Ultimate Fighter, at UFC 168, set for December 28 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The 26-year-old plans to shoot both parts back-to-back, with teammates traveling to both Atlanta and Bulgaria, where Expendables 3 will be filmed, to keep Rousey in fighting shape.
Ideally, she plans to be done with her movie commitments in time to have a full-fledged fight camp at her Santa Monica, California gym, Variety reports. Judging by other professional fighters, a fight camp is typically around 10 to 12 weeks long.
Tate and Rousey faced off for the first time with the Strikeforce women’s bantamweight title on the line, with the former Olympic-level Judoka winning her first major MMA title when she forced “Cupcake” to tap to a gruesome armbar.
Rousey is 7-0 as a professional mixed martial artist, always finding a way to lock up her favorite submission in the first round.
Despite losing a title eliminator to Cat Zingano at the season 17 TUF Finale in April, Tate gets another crack at her archnemesis after Zingano suffered a knee injury days before the filming of TUF 18 was set to begin.