UFC president Dana White is one among many people who believe that Ronda Rousey can still make a comeback to the Octagon with a flourish.

During a chance interview by TMZ Sports, White had this to say when asked about the future of Rousey in the UFC:

“She is one the mentally strongest people I ever met in my life. It just wasn’t her night but she will bounce back,” says White.

Rousey recently asked for some more time off due to changes in her filming schedule. However, even before that, many were questioning if she would be ready to face conqueror and reigning UFC Women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm by UFC 200.

At that time, White wasn’t paying too much attention to the issue and was confident Rousey would be ready. That was before Rousey herself came up to him and asked for more time off, though it was due to conflicts in filming scheds.

With that out, Holm was instead pitted against a former Ronda Rousey opponent – Miesha Tate. Holm and Tate will face off this coming March 5 at UFC 197 with the title on the line.

It was a fight that Holm and manager Lenny Fresquez had wanted to happen even before Rousey requested some time off. Holm wanted to keep herself active and in shape as she was wary of being forced to wait on Rousey to return.

Regardless, pressure will be on Holm to fend off Tate’s challenge. A loss could place the dream rematch between Holm and Rousey in serious jeopardy though that tiff has yet to be even scheduled.

Despite the time off, Rousey made it clear in a separate interview with TMZ that she will be returning to get payback on Holm. The announcement seems to have been made more to address retirement rumors, with many believing that she would be turning her back on the UFC.

While she did not specify any exact date, Rousey promises that it will happen in 2016.

While Rousey is busy with her Hollywood commitments, her coach has started planning for the rematch.

Edmond Tarverdyan has started to look back on Rousey’s loss. He has no problem taking the blame, but adds that it is his duty to figure out what went wrong.

"I'm taking the blame. I'm OK with that. I know what reality is. I accept reality. Reality is people will talk all kinds of unnecessary stuff. As long as my fighter believes in me, I believe in my fighter, and we'll move on from there," says Tarverdyan via ESPN.