Ronda Rousey now has championship belt, first UFC opponent

Ronda Rousey vs. Liz Carmouche will headline UFC 157.

Ronda Rousey will fight Liz Carmouche -- not Cris Cyborg -- in the main event of the upcoming UFC 157 pay-per-view (PPV) event on Feb. 23, 2013 from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

(Tracy Lee)It's official: Ronda Rousey is the UFC's first female champion. The one-time Strikeforce bantamweight champion is the first female champ in the UFC, and received her belt on Thursday to prove it. Rousey also has her first opponent. Rousey

Former Olympic judo bronze medalist and rising mixed-martial arts star Ronda Rousey will fight in the main event at UFC 157 on Feb. 23 in Anaheim, Calif., where she will face Liz Carmouche in the first women's fight in UFC history. The Associated Press

Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche will be the first women's fight in UFC history. The fight will go down on February 23, 2013 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Rousey and Carmouche will headline the event, which