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When Ronda Rousey finally got back into a mixed martial arts cage after 9 1/2 years away from her sport, she couldn’t wait even one more minute to collect another arm — and to have her own arm raised one last time. Rousey stopped Gina Carano with her signature armbar just 17 seconds into the two iconic fighters’ double comeback bout Saturday night. After finishing the 44-year-old Carano with a…

Netflix is moving into mixed martial arts with its first live event, headlined by a comeback fight between former UFC champion Ronda Rousey and former Strikeforce star Gina Carano. The May 16 card in Inglewood, California, will stream live on Netflix and is being promoted by Most Valuable Promotions, the company founded by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian. Organizers presented the event during a…

Rousey explained that the original plan involved staging the fight under the UFC banner around New Year’s Eve under the promotion’s traditional pay-per-view structure. “I wanted to bring this to him first,” Rousey said, referring to White. “I said, ‘I know I can do this on my own, but I would rather fight for you than to fight for me. Just make it make sense for me.’” According to Rousey, the…

Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is set to return to MMA — and he’ll do it on Netflix. Early on Monday morning, it was announced that Ngannou will take on fellow UFC outcast Philipe Lins on May 16. The bout will serve as co-headliner to the much discussed Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano clash. It will be promoted by Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions. Ngannou announced the matchup…

When Most Valuable Promotions and Netflix announced last month that former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey would return to the cage to take on fellow women’s MMA pioneer Gina Carano, it sent shockwaves throughout combat sports. Rousey, 39, last fought in December 2016, losing to Amanda Nunes via TKO at UFC 207. Carano, 43, hasn’t fought since August 2009, losing to Cris Cyborg by…

Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano will be obligated to undertake health and brain examinations more thorough than typically demanded of all combat sports athletes prior to their May 16 mixed martial arts return bout. Rousey will also face a series of concussion assessments, Andy Foster, the executive director of the California State Athletic Commission, informed ESPN on Wednesday. The bout featuring…