Ronda Rousey to reprise Patrick Swayze’s role in remake of ‘Road House’

Ronda Rousey will reprise late actor Patrick Swayze's role in a remake of the 1980s cult classic, "Road House."

Variety reports that MGM is currently meeting with screenwriters for the project, with production set to begin in 2016. The UFC star reached out to Swayze's widow, Lisa Nieme, and received her blessing to play the part of Dalton, "the best bouncer in the business" who cleans up a rowdy Missouri bar called The Double Deuce and butts heads with the local big shot.

Rousey, 28, already has appeared in three movies: "The Expendables 3," "Fast & Furious 7" and "Entourage." She's scheduled to start filming director Peter Berg's "Mile 22," in February with co-star Mark Wahlberg and also is slated to play herself in a biopic of her autobiography, "My Fight/Your Fight."

Rousey (12-0), the unbeaten UFC women's bantamweight champion, will defend her title against Holly Holm in the main event of UFC 193 on Nov. 15 in Melbourne, Australia.

"Production of the movie will be dictated, as always, by her fight schedule," Rousey's agent, Brand Slater, said. "That's how we always do it and that will be the case here."

Nobody puts Rousey in the corner. We know that's from another Swayze flick, but it's better known than most of the lines we found from the original "Road House" such as "Pain don't hurt," "My way...or the highway" and "I want you to be nice until it's time to not be nice."

As for who will play the big shot Rousey butts heads with, Floyd Mayweather Jr. would be perfect for that role.