Ronda Rousey's fame has added some serious complications to her dating life.

For starters, the 28-year-old UFC star can't use Tinder because she's too easily recognizable. And when Rousey has found a suitable man, things haven't always gone according to plan.

During a promotional tour for her book My Fight/Your Fight, Rousey said the reason she posed nude for "ESPN The Magazine's" Body Issue was as a preemptive measure after she discovered her boyfriend at the time had surreptitiously taken naked photos of her.

"It was because of that one ex, we called him 'Snappers McCreepy,'" Rousey said on Sirius XM's 'Opie Radio', "because we caught him taking naked pictures of me. The first thing I did was take naked pictures for ESPN. If it's going to get out there, then I want it to get out there on my terms."

In case you don't remember Rousey's photo shoot, here's a refresher:



Rousey explained that she had grown comfortable around this particular (now ex) boyfriend, but she soon learned he had ulterior motives.

"You know when you're just comfortable naked around somebody?" Rousey said. "Like you're just naked on the bed playing DragonVale on your phone? I brush my teeth naked. That was all, every single thing, all naked. I just thought he was on his phone texting people. He asked to take pictures of me before and I was like, 'No, of course not.' He knew I didn't [approve]."

Rousey promptly deleted the photos from his hard drive. Then she erased his entire hard drive, although she realizes he could still have copies on his phone.

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