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Coach: Chances Rousey fights once more are '50-50'

Mark J. Rebilas / USA TODAY

Ronda Rousey's fighting future is as uncertain as it was nine months ago.

In a Monday appearance on "The MMA Hour," the former UFC bantamweight champ's coach revealed she's dealt with nagging injuries and put her chances of gracing the Octagon one more time at "50-50."

"I don't know. I can't say that. It's gonna be her decision if she fights," Edmond Tarverdyan said. "I've spoken to her, I don't know if she'll do it - one more fight, maybe if she really can. If her body does give her one more fight and she really wants to mentally, she might. It's 50-50 right now, I would say."

If Rousey does return to the cage, Tarverdyan hopes Cris Cyborg would be the one to share it with her. While he and Rousey have discussed the long-teased matchup of MMA giants, the coach wouldn't divulge her stance on it.

Rousey has remained mum on her fighting future since falling to reigning women's bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes by 48-second knockout in her return from a 13-month layoff at UFC 207. The defeat marked her second consecutive stoppage loss. The first was a shocking KO courtesy of Holly Holm at UFC 193 that ended her lengthy reign atop the women's MMA food chain.

Rousey later admitted she'd contemplated suicide following the loss to Holm, and while she was given the lion's share of the spotlight for her comeback against Nunes, she did not address the media before or after the December bout.

Since falling to Nunes, the 30-year-old has tied the knot with UFC heavyweight Travis Browne and been attached to a potential WWE storyline alongside fighter-turned-wrestler Shayna Baszler.

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