UFC
Ronda Rousey graces cover of this week's Sports Illustrated, named their "most dominant athlete"
May 12, 2015 - 10:35:45 AM Ronda Rousey graces cover of this week's Sports Illustrated, named their "most dominant athlete"

DISCUSS ALL THIS IN OUR NEW MMATORCH FORUM

...OH, ONE MORE THING - PLEASE BOOKMARK US & VISIT DAILY!

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

Following up on BusinessInsider.com calling her the most dominant athlete alive in 2015, Ronda Rousey's got a second publication doing the same.

This time, it's Sports Illustrated magazine, and they're saying so on the cover of this week's issue:

Congrats @RondaRousey on making the cover of #SportsIllustrated and named SI's most dominant athlete! On stands 5/13 pic.twitter.com/FAdh5amOxd

— UFC (@ufc) May 12, 2015

The spot is her latest while promoting her book "My Fight / Your Fight," which is out in stores this week, and is already a best seller on pre-orders alone.

Penick's Analysis: Rousey's star continues to rise both in and out of the sport. The pay-per-view numbers drawn in for her fight with Cat Zingano were a testament to that, and with all of this media hype surrounding her book, in conjunction with her appearances in Furious 7 and the upcoming Entourage film, that's going to go even farther. The test on Aug. 1 is getting the casual fan to tune in to a card emanating from Brazil rather than the U.S., but at this point she's becoming must-see TV.