Rousey: Not retired from MMA, but WWE 'is my life now'

It's official. Ronda Rousey is now a full-time employee of the WWE.

The former UFC bantamweight champion made an appearance at the "Royal Rumble" show on Sunday night and made clear her intentions to appear again at "Wrestlemania."

Despite the change of professional plans, Rousey wouldn't say she's retired from the world of mixed martial arts.

"That's what everybody else seems to say. I never retired from judo," Rousey said to ESPN. "If that's what you guys want to think. All I know is that I really want to devote 100 percent of my time to wrestling right now, and whatever people want to call that, they can call it."

She was asked her thoughts on her last two appearances in the Octagon, losses to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes, and took a moment before responding.

"I think I'd rather just not talk about that right now," she said.

Rousey remains close with UFC president Dana White and calls him one of her best friends, but she's fully devoted to her wrestling career.

"This is my life now," she said. "They have first priority on my time for the next several years. This is not a smash-and-grab. This is not a publicity stunt. When I first met with Triple H, I told him: 'There are other things that I can do with my time that'll make way more money, but I won't enjoy nearly as much.'"