Watch what happened when Ronda Rousey fought UFC champion Kayla Harrison in judo

Rousey will fight Gina Carano at MVP MMA, as their long-awaited returns headline the very first occasion to be broadcast on the Netflix streaming platform.

But ‘Rowdy’ has had her consideration on somebody apart from her opponent at Inglewood’s Intuit Dome, and it is somebody she has a historical past with.

Who has the perfect fight sports activities abstract, Ronda Rousey or Kayla Harrison?

Ronda Rousey beat Kayla Harrison on the 2005 US Judo Championships

Rousey laid on Kayla Harrison throughout an April press convention selling his return to blended martial arts following greater than 10 years away.

After her comeback was branded “irrelevant” by the girl who occupies the throne she previously sat on in the UFC, ‘Rowdy’ didn’t maintain again.

The pair’s rivalry goes again over 20 years, when each had been teenage prodigies in the game of judo.

They crossed paths on the 2005 US Judo Championships, the place 18-year-old Rousey got the better of 15-year-old Harrison.

Both of the then-future Olympic medalists had their moments of success in the match, but it surely was Rousey who had her hand raised eight years earlier than debuting in the Octagon.

Kayla Harrison achieved extra Olympic success than Ronda Rousey

Rousey He went on to win a bronze medal on the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

That achievement was eclipsed by Harrisonwho collected back-to-back golds in London and Rio de Janeiro earlier than following his ex-rival into MMA.

Harrison’s win over Julianna Pena at UFC 316 final yr noticed her be a part of Rousey in the membership of UFC champions, and she’s going to quickly have the possibility to get one over ‘Rowdy’ by doing what she couldn’t contained in the Octagon: beat Amanda Nunes.

Rousey, in the meantime, is predicted to hold up her gloves for good after Saturday’s Netflix occasion.

The Californian has labeled a possible rematch with Carano as the one factor that may carry her again to the cage.