Entourage Episode With Ronda Rousey |best| [iPhone]

The episode, , aired on August 14, 2011. At the time, Rousey was still an undefeated judoka-turned-MMA fighter with only four professional fights under her belt. She hadn’t yet won the Strikeforce title, let alone headlined a UFC pay-per-view. But Entourage creator Doug Ellin had an ear for the cultural zeitgeist, and he bet on Rousey early.

Enter Ronda Rousey, dressed in a black hoodie, exuding the quiet, coiled fury that would define her career. entourage episode with ronda rousey

Rousey, stone-faced, delivers the line that perfectly bridged her two worlds: The episode, , aired on August 14, 2011

It remains one of the most effective celebrity cameos in the show’s run. Not because Ronda Rousey was a great actress—she wasn’t, and she didn’t need to be. It worked because she was exactly who she said she was: the baddest woman on the planet, dropping by to remind a struggling actor that some pains aren’t for the movies. But Entourage creator Doug Ellin had an ear