MMA star Ronda Rousey made good on a commitment to attend the Marine Corps Ball Friday night with the corporal who invited her in a viral video. In her first public appearance since her stunning defeat in the octagon against Holly Holm, Rousey made the trip from Los Angeles to South Carolina to attend the annual bash with Lance Cpl. Jarrod Haschert.

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It’s been a month since the bout, but Rousey admitted she’d probably be on her couch “crying and eating ice cream” had she not already accepted the invitation.

“… To get out of the house is probably a good thing,” Rousey told TMZ outside LAX. “I promised I would go. It’s an honor to be asked.”

The long-distance flirtation began August 22, when Haschert — speaking in full Marine uniform from Camp Lejeune — put up a 34-second video online expressing his admiration for the UFC women’s bantamweight champion.