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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey is one of six athletes chosen to appear on a special cover for the latest edition of ESPN the Magazine's Body Issue. Rousey will grace one of six covers for the magazine, which comes to newsstands this Friday, July 13, alongside Jose Bautista, Tyson Chandler, Rob Gronkowski, Daniela Hantuchova and Candace Parker.
Other athletes appearing in the magazine this year will be Cynthia Barboza, Carlos Bocanegra, Heather Brown, Walter Dix, Ashton Eaton, Maya Gabiera, Alisha Glass, Megan Hodge, Destinee Hooker, Carmelita Jeter, Maurice Jones-Drew, Danell Leyva, Oksana Masters, Tim Morehouse, Suzann Pettersen, Brad Richards, Nellie Spicer, Mike Smith, Stacy Sykora, Anna Tunnicliffe and Abby Wambach.
Rousey is the only MMA athlete to be featured in this year's edition, but she joins Gina Carano, Jon Jones, and Cris and Evangelista "Cyborg," who have all appeared in the magazine in the past. Check out her cover, as well as two pics from the shoot below, as well as a behind the scenes video from ESPN:
Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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