Ronda Rousey, MMA star made good on a commitment to attend the Marine Corps Ball Friday night, December 11, at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with the corporal U.S. Marine Jarrod Haschert who invited her in a viral video, in August.
The 28-year-old fighter told TMZ ahead of the event that it was "an honor to be asked and honestly, I probably would stay on my couch crying and eating ice cream for like another month if he didn't ask me to go."
"Thank you, Lance Cpl. Jarrod Haschert for taking me to the Marine Corps Ball, being such a gentleman, and putting a smile on my face again," Ronda Rousey wrote on Instagram.
This was Rousey's first public appearance following her loss to Holm. Rousey told ESPN The Magazine earlier this week that she's been "really f---ing sad" and hasn't left her house much since the loss.
Despite the loss and the emotion of that still weighing on her, she wanted to fulfill her promise.
Holm knocked Rousey out with a kick to the head, ending Rousey's three-year reign as champion; it was the first loss of Rousey's MMA career.
Ronda Rousey was also medically suspended by UFC on November 18, which included a no-contract suspension for 45-days, and no fights for 60-days.
On December 9, Rousey was medically cleared on her CT scan but the suspension still hold.
Rousey's fight with Holm was originally scheduled to take place January 2 in Las Vegas, Nevada, before being moved to November 14 in Melbourne, Australia, and the scheduling change allowed Rousey to pencil in Haschert for the sweet date.
Rousey and Holly Holm have expressed interest in a possible rematch at UFC 200 in 2016.
Rousey has endorsed Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign for the upcoming 2016 the United States presidential election.
Ronda Rousey was confirmed that she and fellow UFC fighter Travis Browne were dating.
