Why WWE’s ‘Rowdy’ Ronda Rousey and husband UFC fighter Travis Browne swapped showbiz glamour for life on a sustainable California farm

Ronda Rousey’s name has become synonymous with body-slams, arm bars and her banging body. But where the heck is she? Rousey hasn’t appeared on WWE TV since that controversial loss to Becky Lynch in a triple-threat match with Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 35. And that was in April 2019.

Turns out Rowdy Ronda has become Restrained Ronda as she focuses on her farm, raising goats and feeding chickens. Here’s a look inside Rousey’s newly modest lifestyle.

So, why a farm?

Ronda Rousey farm

When you were once one of the highest paid female athletes why trade it in for feeding chickens and fighting over a TV remote with your man?

Well, Rousey grew up in North Dakota between three and nine years old, and says that living on a farm has always been a dream, as revealed on a 20-minute YouTube video posted on the former fighter’s official account, “A Day in the Life of Ronda Rousey and Travis Browne”, which has attracted nearly two million views at the time of writing.

“A lot of my early memories were being able to run around and go into the back and pick raspberries. I always kind of wanted to be able to give my kids that off-the-grid living experience.”

Who (and what) are on the farm?

Browsey Acres Ranch photoshoot gets eaten by Browsey Acres goats

We’re getting a lot of rain here lately – the ducks are stoked, the chickens …. not so much follow @browsey_acres to learn about how we get the freshest duck and chicken eggs from some of the most spoiled birds on earth.

Living sustainably

Ronda Rousey and Travis Browne farm

Rousey says that her goal for the farm is to create a “sustainable ranch home that radiates love”. But making the decision to eat the animals that you raise is a dilemma Rousey and Browne had to face.

“That’s all we’re trying to do, is just make sure the animals here have a good life so that whether we eat them, or their eggs, or put them to work, that they want to be here,” said Browne.

Browsey Acres Ranch photoshoot gets eaten by Browsey Acres goats

There’s no need for outside approval, applause or validation when you’re self sustaining, self sufficient, self gratified and self validated. I can’t describe the satisfaction that comes with doing the little things to help the animals that support our lifestyle have a little bit of a better day. Enjoy that green grass ladies My dream is for our family to be able to live comfortably off of less money every year and someday free ourselves from worrying about a constant stream of income. Follow @browsey_acres to come along on our quest to eliminate our expenses one by one to build a 100% sustainable home.

Farm life = financial freedom?

Browsey Acres Ranch photoshoot gets eaten by Browsey Acres goats