Video: Ronda Rousey Nude On Cover Of ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue — Ronda Rousey during her fight in Strikeforce. | Greg Bartram / USA TODAY Network, IMAGO

Strikeforce women’s champion Ronda Rousey is featured on the cover of ESPN The Magazine’s “Body Issue” which hits newsstands July 13th. Rousey is one of 27 athletes featured in the magazine’s online photo gallery which is online now.

Ronda Rousey is on ESPN The Body Issue

Previous MMA fighters featured in the issue include UFC Light Heavyweight champ Jon Jones, Gina Carano, and Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos and his wife Cristiane “Cyrborg” Santos.

Rousey won the Strikeforce title in March of this year by beating Meisha Tate by first round armbar submission. She is scheduled to defend her title against Sarah Kaufman at Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman on August 18 in San Diego. The bout will air on Showtime.

Ronda Rousey was an Olympic bronze medal winner in Judo at the 2008 Olympics. She is easily the highest profile fighter currently in Strikeforce.

After the jump we’ve got a 1:45 behind the scenes of Rousey working with photographer Peggy Sirota to do the photo shoot.

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Nate Wilcox is the founding editor of BloodyElbow.com. As such he has hired every editor and writer to work for the site. Wilcox’s writing for BE is known for its emphasis on MMA history, the evolution of fighting techniques and strong opinions. Wilcox developed the SBN MMA consensus rankings which were featured in USA Today from 2009 to 2011. Before founding BE, Wilcox was a political operative working for such figures as Senators John Kerry and Mark Warner and an early political blogger. He is the co-author of Netroots Rising, a history of the political blogosphere from 2003 to 2007. Wilcox also hosts the Let It Roll podcast on music history for the Pantheon Podcast Network.

Video: Ronda Rousey Nude On Cover Of ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue

Ronda Rousey is on ESPN The Body Issue

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