Rousey has made sparse public appearances since UFC 193, when Holm knocked her out with a now legendary second-round head kick. That has done little to slow the backlash she has received from fans and fighters online though -- a backlash which only seemed to pick up steam after Rousey appeared on The Ellen Show and admitted to experiencing suicidal thoughts in the wake of her first professional defeat.
"That women is so competitive, and truly believed that she would never lose, and that's what we all loved about Ronda Rousey," White said. "That's what got everybody so into women's MMA and behind her, and then, when she lost, I mean, she went into a depression like I've never seen before.
"This is a person that I'm very close to and know very well, and yeah, it was tough to see her go through that, but she's 100-percent bounced back, recovered and is getting ready to come back in either October or November."
Rousey has also received criticism for not branching out her training away from Glendale Fighting Club and head coach Edmond Tarverdyan, however White believes the Rousey who shows up next time will be a vastly different fighter than the one who stepped into the Octagon against Holm.
"I think we're going to see a more calculated Ronda. Ronda got to the point where she would fight anybody at their own style," White said. "You don't want to run into somebody else's attributes. You want to shake things up for them and make them come into your wheelhouse, where you're the best, and Ronda just went out there that night with the wrong plan.
"Then even when stuff started to go bad, she didn't change things up, and she didn't mix it up. You won't see that again, I guarantee you. She's going to be much smarter in her next fight and how many fights she fights after that."
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