Former UFC champ Frank Mir says Ronda Rousey inspired his teenage daughter to fight professionally.
is an MMA fighter ... but it wasn't her former UFC champion dad who inspired her to fight in a locked cage -- that honor belongs tospoke to Frank about his 18-year-old daughter ... and while he admits to initially being hesitant to see his girl fight, he says he rather help her win, as opposed to simply being a spectator.
"She loves it. She wants to do it. I said a long time ago, I'd rather be the captain of the ship than be watching from the shoreline."is 2-0 in the cage. She had her first pro fight in 2020. She's also a badass wrestler who routinely beat boys in high school. Bella also won the SMC Girls Folkstyle National Wrestling Championships earlier this year.
Mir says years ago neither he nor his daughter believed there was a path to becoming a UFC fighter for a woman ... but Frank says that changed when Ronda burst on the scene.'s mind ... after the UFC prez once vowed women wouldn't fight in his organization. But, Ronda made her UFC debut in 2013 and became a global superstar ... inspiring many young girls along the way, including Bella.Frank, who once beat
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