Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano: Fight card, date, odds, where to watch and everything else you need to know

Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano are set for a historic stage later this month. More than a mixed 25 years after their retirements, the 2 girls’s MMA pioneers make their beautiful returns to the cage Saturday, May 16, on the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, headlining the first-ever MMA occasion to be broadcast dwell on Netflix.

Rousey vs. Carano sits atop an 11-fight card staged by Jake Paul’s promotional entity, Most Valuable Promotions. The combat will probably be contested at 145 kilos over 5 five-minute rounds, utilizing MMA’s customary four-ounce gloves. The total occasion begins at 6 pm ET on Netflix with a five-fight preliminary card, adopted by a six-fight predominant card starting at 9 pm ET.

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In addition to Rousey vs. Carano, the historic lineup is buoyed by a number of large names from the MMA world, together with former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou (18-3) returning towards ex-UFC contender Philipe Lins (18-5), and fight sports activities celebrity Nate Diaz (21-13) dealing with off towards BKFC standout and fellow UFC veteran Mike Perry (14-8).

Rousey, 39, is among the greatest attracts and most influential athletes in MMA historical past. An Olympic medalist in judo who parlayed her items right into a lightning-in-the-bottle run as a prizefighter, she famously performed an integral function in UFC CEO Dana White opening the doorways for girls to compete within the UFC. After capturing the Strikeforce girls’s bantamweight title in 2012, Rousey (12-2) then defended it six consecutive instances within the UFC from 2013-15, turning into one of the well-known athletes on the planet.

Rousey’s widely-publicized reign ended with back-to-back knockout losses to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes, in 2015 and 2016 respectively, after which she retired from MMA and transitioned into skilled wrestling with the WWE. Rousey in the end grew to become the primary girls to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2018.

Carano, 43, was the most important star in girls’s MMA historical past prior to Rousey’s arrival. In 2007, her and Julie Kedzie competed within the first-ever girls’s combat televised on Showtime. Two years later, Carano (7-1) made historical past once more when her and Cris Cyborg grew to become the primary girls to headline a serious MMA occasion with their Strikeforce featherweight championship bout.

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Carano retired from MMA following that bout and transitioned into performing, securing roles in quite a few movie franchises reminiscent of Fast & Furious, Deadpool and Star Wars. In a revealing conversation with UncrownedCarano opened up about her controversial departure from the Star Wars franchise forward of the Rousey combat.

“I had so much anxiety in my body that my face hurt, my skin hurt me,” she advised “The Ariel Helwani Show.” “I don’t know if anyone’s had that — it hurt so bad. My soul was just crushed. My heart was broken.”

Rousey lately opened as a sizable betting favorite (-650) to win the combat at BetMGM sportsbooks, with Carano opening as a +450 heavy underdog.

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Check out the entire Rousey vs. Carano Netflix MMA combat card beneath.

Main Card (9 p.m. ET, Netflix)

• Women’s featherweight: Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano

• Heavyweight: Francis Ngannou vs. Philip Lins

• Welterweight: Nate Diaz vs. Mike Perry

• Featherweight: Salahdine Parnasse vs. Kenny Cross

• Heavyweight: Junior dos Santos vs. Robelis Despaigne

• Flyweight: Muhammad Mokaev vs. Adriano Moraes

Preliminary Card (6 pm ET, Netflix)

• Welterweight: Jason Jackson vs. Jeff Creighton

• Welterweight: Namo Fazil vs. Jake Babian

• Featherweight: David Mgoyan vs. Albert Morales

• 130-pound catchweight: Aline Pereira vs. Jade Masson-Wong

• 165-pound catchweight: Chris Avila vs. Brandon Jenkins