In 2011, Dana White – Ultimate Fighting Championship impresario – walked out of the Mr. Chow restaurant in Hollywood. Immediately, he was swarmed by paparazzi that flooded him with questions about the newest chatter in the cage.

The last question before he got in his waiting SUV was:

When are we going to see women in the UFC?

“Never,” said White, with a smug look on his face.

One year later, the UFC announced that Ronda Rousey was the first female fighter to sign with the UFC.

Some of Rousey’s most recent and most notorious fights have lasted a mere 14 seconds, 16 seconds, 1 minute and 6 seconds, and 34 seconds.

Her record today is a perfect 12-0, and she has continuously defended her UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion title.

Rousey, 28, was born in Riverside, Cali. with judo running through her veins. Her mother, AnnMaria De Mars, had an impressive Judo career and was the first U.S. citizen to win a World Judo Championship.

“Most girls don’t have a world champion walking around the house like I did,” Rousey said of her mom. “That showed me anything is possible.”

At the age of 17, she qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and became the youngest competitor in judo in the entire Games. That same year, Rousey won a gold medal in Hungary at the World Junior Judo Championships.

Adding another title to belt, Rousey became the first American to win an Olympic medal in women’s judo since its beginnings as an Olympic sport in 1992.

After her self-described disappointing bronze medal in Beijing, Rousey became interested in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts).

Her 14 second victory over Cat Zingano in February of this year became the shortest match in UFC championship history. When speaking about that fight Rousey, isn’t afraid to hold back her excitement over the victory.

“I’m dropping all modesty here,” she said. “That’s the most brilliant f------ ninja s--- I ever saw. Every single millisecond of that fight was something that has never been done before in MMA.”

That confidence she exudes is what makes Rousey such a driving force in the UFC. While some may find her confidence arrogant, Rousey has a different take on it.

“Why is self confidence arrogant? Why is self-depreciation considered modesty? I worked my a-- off to be able to have a high opinion of myself,” she said. “It took me a long time and many, many years, and I’m never going to tell – let anyone tell me that I should think less of myself.”

She also credits her childhood as a factor that plays into her fighting career and self-reliance. Her father, Ron Rousey, committed suicide when she was just eight years old.

“It really drilled into my head that everything is fleeting. And, yeah, I’m undefeated and the best in the world and all these great things are going on, but I could lose it at any second.”

Rousey was once broke and homeless, living out of her car and bar-tending in downtown Los Angeles.

Today, her name is everywhere.

She now graces the cover of magazines and is making cameos in major blockbuster films, like “Entourage” and “Fast & Furious 7.”

But make no mistake, her concentration is still 100 percent on fighting.

Rousey won Best Fighter at the 2015 ESPY’s and is considered the world’s most dominant athlete. She is no doubt helping pave the way for women everywhere in the sport’s world.

It was only four years ago when White said no woman would ever make it into the UFC; however, his opinion quickly changed when Rousey made her talents known.

“Ronda is the reason I brought women in the UFC,” he said. “Ronda is the greatest athlete that I’ve ever worked with in my entire career.”

Her skill has gotten her into the cage, but her determination is what’s constantly pushing her forward.

“I’m scared of failure all the time,” she said. “But I’m not scared enough to stop trying.”

And by the looks of it, she doesn’t seem to be stopping any time soon.