UFC LEGEND RONDA ROUSEY AND TRAVIS BROWNE WELCOMES NEW BABY GIRL AMID FEARS OVER RAGING LOS ANGELES FIRES 🔥

Former UFC champion Ronda Rousey and her husband, former UFC heavyweight Travis Browne, welcomed their new baby Liko'ula Pā’ūomahinakaipiha on Thursday evening amid the wildfires that swept through Los Angeles County

Residents in Southern California have evacuated over the past week due to the apocalyptic circumstances of the fires.

Rousey, who trains out of Glendale in LA County, posted about giving birth amid the calamity.

While their daughter's birth location is unclear, Rousey's caption suggests that she and her family are still near the area.

'Our little girl came into this world during a windstorm into a city on fire, so grateful she made it safe and sound,' she wrote.

The post included a video of Rousey introducing her eldest, La'akea, to her younger sister, a selfie with her newborn, and a photo of their family with their latest addition.

In addition to La'akea and Liko'ula, Rousey plays stepmother to two of Browne's sons from his previous marriage.

Rousey first announced her pregnancy in July, showing her baby bump during a panel discussion at the San Diego Comic-Con.

Rowdy won the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight title in her fifth fight and fifth straight win as a professional MMA fighter. She kept the title up until the UFC brought out the promotion.

Upon acquiring the entire Strikeforce roster, Dana White crowned Rousey the UFC women's bantamweight queen—a title she successfully defended six times as her stardom took off to unprecedented heights.

She went 12-0 in MMA before losing to Holly Holm via second-round KO with a head kick in 2015.

Over one year later, she was gifted a title fight in her UFC return before losing to Amanda Nunes in 48 seconds without landing a significant strike.

EX- UFC CHAMP FRANCIS NGANNOU MOURNS 15-MONTH-OLD SON'S DEATH

 Former UFC heavyweight champion and professional boxer Francis Ngannou publicly mourned the death of his 15-month-old son on Monday.

Ngannou, 37, wrote a tribute to his son, Kobe, on all of his social media platforms after the news broke in his home country of Cameroon. Ngannou is currently in Cameroon with his family, sources said.

The tribute read: "Too soon to leave but yet he's gone. My little boy, my mate, my partner Kobe was full of life and joy. Now, he's laying without life. I shouted his name over and over but he's not responding. I was my best self next to him and now I have no clue of who I am. Life is so unfair to hit us where it hurts the most. How do you deal with such a thing? How can you live with it? Please help me if you have an idea because I really don't know what to do and how to deal with this."

Ngannou has one of the most unique stories in combat sports history. He immigrated to Europe from Africa in his 20s and quickly rose to prominence in heavyweight mixed martial arts. He won the UFC championship in 2021 by knocking out arguably the greatest heavyweight of all time in Stipe Miocic and defended the belt once before fighting out of his contract and leaving the UFC in pursuit of a deal that would allow him to box professionally.

He realized his dream of competing in boxing when he fought lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury last October. Ngannou lost to Fury via split decision in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but shocked the sports world by taking Fury to the brink of defeat and knocking him down in the third round. Ngannou suffered a knockout loss to Anthony Joshua in his second boxing appearance in March.

Ngannou has an exclusive MMA deal with PFL but has not yet made his debut. He has not yet announced whether his next fight will take place in boxing or MMA.

Members of his team, as well as other fighters and promoters from around combat sports, expressed their condolences on Monday. UFC star Conor McGregor wrote, "I am so sorry to hear of your loss Francis, my prayers are with you and your family at this time."

- Reuters 

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