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ESPY's 2015: Ronda Rousey dethrones Floyd Mayweather as 'Best Fighter,' takes shot at his domestic violence past

The king is no more!

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For the second straight year, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Women's Bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey, was nominated for two ESPY awards, receiving nods for both "Best Female Athlete" and "Best Fighter."

At last year's award show, "Rowdy" walked away with the "Best Female Athlete" trophy, though she and former UFC Light Heavyweight champion, Jon Jones, came up short in the "Best Fighter" category to Floyd Mayweather Jr.

This time around, though, proved to be the year for "Rowdy," as the judoka dethroned Mayweather, topping the pound-for-pound best boxer in the world in the "Best Fighter" category, an honor "Money" had won three years in a row.

She was not humble in victory, either, taking a shot at Mayweather's checkered past with women, including a conviction and prison sentence for domestic violence back in 2012.

Her message:

"I wonder how Floyd feels being beat by a woman for once. I'd like to see him pretend to not know who I am now."

ZING! Check out the video below:

Rousey's other comments stem from Mayweather claiming he didn't know who she was after catching wind that the women's bantamweight champion declared she could beat him in a fight.

See his reaction here.

With the win, Rousey becomes the only person not named Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao to take home the award since it was introduced in 2007.

The ESPY Awards air live tonight (July 15, 2015) on ESPN.

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