{"id":5546,"date":"2017-01-02T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=5546"},"modified":"2017-01-02T14:00:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T14:00:33","slug":"heres-why-mma-fighters-like-ronda-rousey-braid-their-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=5546","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s Why MMA Fighters Like Ronda Rousey Braid Their Hair"},"content":{"rendered":"
Amanda Nunes and Ronda Rousey in their UFC women\u2019s bantamweight championship fight. (Photo: Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC\/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Those cornrows are not just for style. Hairstyles of those in the Octagon, both male and female, are laden with practical and symbolic significance.<\/p>\n

When it comes to combat-friendly hairstyles, it\u2019s a bit of a battle between fashion and function, with the goal to reach a happy medium. Fighters, in MMA especially, take personal branding very seriously, with each cultivating his or her own personal style.<\/p>\n

This can run the gamut of everything from tattoos to victory dances, but we\u2019ll stick with hair for the time being.<\/p>\n

The main problem between men and women is that men enjoy the luxury of shedding their locks for the chrome-dome approach. WMMA stars looking to grace the covers of magazines and score endorsement deals can\u2019t exactly afford to go that route.<\/p>\n

For practical purposes hair must be kept out of a fighter\u2019s face and not come apart in the middle of a match. Buns can come undone, and ponytails have the potential to get caught or otherwise tangled.<\/p>\n

Hair-pulling is illegal, but in the heat of battle anything can happen (remember Tyson vs. Holyfield? Ear biting is technically illegal in boxing). So many in the women\u2019s division of the UFC opt for braids.<\/p>\n

The look also does well outside of hand-to-hand combat exhibitions \u2014 WMMA star Ronda Rousey is often seen sporting a set of braids outside the gym or the Octagon:<\/p>\n

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