RallyPoint Shared Content934984<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>From: CNN<br /><br />(CNN) - In the octagon, there's no match for UFC superstar Ronda Rousey.<br /><br />But on the dance floor? We'll soon find out.<br /><br />Days after Jarrod Haschert asked his "celebrity crush" Rousey to the annual Marine Corps Ball at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, he scored big-time when the mixed martial arts fighter accepted his proposal.<br /><br />"I would go, for sure," Rousey said in video posted on TMZ.com and credited to Splash News.<br /><br />The long-distance flirtation began August 22, when Haschert -- speaking in full Marine uniform from Camp Lejeune -- put up a 34-second video online expressing his admiration for the undefeated UFC women's bantamweight champion.<br /><br />"I love everything you do, and I think you are a phenomenal person," he said.<br /><br />Then came the punchline: "Which is why it would be my honor to take you to the Marine Corps Ball on December 11. ... I hope you take this in consideration because, if you do, you will truly be making my dream come true."<br /><br />It took a few days for the proposal to filter down to Rousey. (Haschert's recent appearances on multiple media outlets might have helped.) Initially, it seemed a no-go because she had a fight scheduled for January, meaning December would be taken up by training.<br /><br />But then her next fight was moved to November, paving way for the date -- if, Rousey joked, she can get some help setting it up.<br /><br />"I don't know how to ... hit him up and say, 'Yeah, I want to go with you,'" she said. "...Do I have to call him or do I set up a time and place like 'Never Been Kissed,' and just show up?"<br /><br />Rousey requested, lightheartedly, that Haschert help find dates for a few of "my girls."<br /><br />And of course, "He's got be a gentleman." Given her dominance in the octagon, Rousey has proven time and again she's not one to be messed with.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/01/entertainment/ronda-rousey-marine-corps-ball/">http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/01/entertainment/ronda-rousey-marine-corps-ball/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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"UFC champ Ronda Rousey accepts date to Marine Corps Ball"2015-09-02T12:34:20-04:00RallyPoint Shared Content934984<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>From: CNN<br /><br />(CNN) - In the octagon, there's no match for UFC superstar Ronda Rousey.<br /><br />But on the dance floor? We'll soon find out.<br /><br />Days after Jarrod Haschert asked his "celebrity crush" Rousey to the annual Marine Corps Ball at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, he scored big-time when the mixed martial arts fighter accepted his proposal.<br /><br />"I would go, for sure," Rousey said in video posted on TMZ.com and credited to Splash News.<br /><br />The long-distance flirtation began August 22, when Haschert -- speaking in full Marine uniform from Camp Lejeune -- put up a 34-second video online expressing his admiration for the undefeated UFC women's bantamweight champion.<br /><br />"I love everything you do, and I think you are a phenomenal person," he said.<br /><br />Then came the punchline: "Which is why it would be my honor to take you to the Marine Corps Ball on December 11. ... I hope you take this in consideration because, if you do, you will truly be making my dream come true."<br /><br />It took a few days for the proposal to filter down to Rousey. (Haschert's recent appearances on multiple media outlets might have helped.) Initially, it seemed a no-go because she had a fight scheduled for January, meaning December would be taken up by training.<br /><br />But then her next fight was moved to November, paving way for the date -- if, Rousey joked, she can get some help setting it up.<br /><br />"I don't know how to ... hit him up and say, 'Yeah, I want to go with you,'" she said. "...Do I have to call him or do I set up a time and place like 'Never Been Kissed,' and just show up?"<br /><br />Rousey requested, lightheartedly, that Haschert help find dates for a few of "my girls."<br /><br />And of course, "He's got be a gentleman." Given her dominance in the octagon, Rousey has proven time and again she's not one to be messed with.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/01/entertainment/ronda-rousey-marine-corps-ball/">http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/01/entertainment/ronda-rousey-marine-corps-ball/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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