It is no secret that Rousey has no intentions of sticking around for very long. She does not want to have the career of a B.J. Penn or Matt Hughes, fighting into her mid to late 30s.
On a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast she made her plans for the future even more clear.
She recently told MMA Junkie: "I'm not going to be doing this in my 30s. I don't want to be fighting in my 30s. By 30s, I mean like 31, 32. If you're actually 30 years old that's 30, not 30s. Once you add the one, that’s 30s, plural.
"I'm 28. I don't know. I look at it exactly like how we were talking about fighting, that's how I do everything else. I don’t look at these separate disjointed things. I'm not going to go in there and try this thing and try this thing and try that thing and hope something works out."
Rousey has already cleared out the majority of the competition in the women's bantamweight division, and while women's MMA continues to grow, it is highly unlikely a great crop of young talent ready to take her title will emerge in the next three years.
The three-year plan is an ideal one for Rousey because there are only four to five, and maybe six, depending on rematches, fights left for her. UFC champions typically fight twice a year, and considering Rousey still wants to make movies, she may only take one fight in one of the upcoming years.
Following her November 15 fight against Holly Holm at UFC 193 there are only a few concrete options for Rousey, with two other dream fights added into the mix.
Miesha Tate was thought to be next in line to fight Rousey, and while the former Strikeforce champ has come up short in her two fights with Rousey, she has unquestionably given Rousey her toughest competition and has what it takes to beat Rousey.
There is also Amanda Nunes, who looked outstanding in her previous two bouts, defeating former Olympic silver medalist Sarah McMann via rear-naked choke in August, and Rousey's teammate Shayna Baszler via TKO in March.
Nunes' only loss inside The Octagon came at the hands of Cat Zingano, who famously lost to Rousey in 14 second at UFC 184. Rousey has stated in the past that she believes Zingano deserves a rematch and that the bizarre start and subsequent finish to the fight was in no way indicative of Zingano's abillities.
Then, of course, there is the white whale: Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino, arguably the most destructive fighter in the history of women's mixed martial arts. She famously dispatched undefeated Gina Carano (Another Rousey dream match candidate) in 2009, and has been mowing over vastly inferior talent in Invicta FC.
But will Cyborg and Rousey ever meet inside The Octagon? It all depends on if Cyborg can make the 135-weight limit. If she can, which remains to be seen, it will be the biggest fight in women's MMA history and arguably one of the ten most important fights in MMA history.
Holm, Tate, Nunes, Zingano, Cyborg and Carano. That's what should be left for Rousey.
Now the UFC has to get it done in the next three years.