{"id":491126,"date":"2026-02-19T23:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/491126\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T23:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:08:09","slug":"rhonda-rousey-vs-gina-carano-match-up-set-for-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/491126\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhonda Rousey vs. Gina Carano Match Up Set for May"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published: February 19, 2026<\/p>\n

\"GinaLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA \u2013 NOVEMBER 13: Gina Carano attends the premiere of Disney+\u2019s \u2018The Mandalorian\u2019 at El Capitan Theatre on November 13, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

By Mallory Mattingly<\/p>\n

The stage is set! Rhonda Rousey and Gina Carano will enter the ring for the first \u201csuperfight\u201d in women\u2019s MMA history.<\/p>\n

Both will exit lengthy retirements for the match up. NBC News said<\/a> Rousey\u2019s last fight was in 2016, while Carano left the MMA in 2009.<\/p>\n

The event will stream<\/a> live on Netflix on May 16, marking \u201cNetflix\u2019s first-ever live MMA broadcast and MVP\u2019s inaugural MMA event,\u201d Netflix reported<\/a>. The fight will take place at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the record-breaking success in boxing, we wanted our first MMA event to be truly legendary,\u201d Gabe Spitzer, Netflix VP of Sports, said<\/a> in the press release. \u201cThese are more than just athletes \u2014 they are generational stars, and having them headline our MMA debut at the Intuit Dome is a defining moment for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Related: Gina Carano Discusses New Role, Cancel Culture: \u2018I Felt Like Everything Was Turned Against Me\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Rousey and Carano are thrilled.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeen waiting so long to announce this: Me and @ginajcarano are gonna throw down in the biggest super fight in women\u2019s combat sport history! And we\u2019re partnering with the fighter-first promotion @mostvaluablepromotions as well as the baddest streamer on the planet @netflix! This is for all MMA fans past, present and future. More to come\u2026 much more ;),\u201d Rousey wrote<\/a>\u00a0on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking forward to making this walk AGAIN because I choose to and love it,\u201d Carano posted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During an appearance on ESPN\u2019s SportsCenter, Rousey revealed that the fight has been in the works for over a year and shared her impetus for making it happen.<\/p>\n

When Rousey was nine months pregnant, she saw that Carano seemed to be struggling and wanted to help her out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason I had that thought was because she\u2019s the one woman not only in MMA that doesn\u2019t owe me a thing, but that I owe immensely,\u201d she told<\/a> John Fortenbaugh on SportsCenter. \u201cI\u2019m always trying to look at what I could do for her\u2026there\u2019s nothing I could really do for her except, when I was in a similar spot, depressed and feeling like I\u2019d given up on the world and inadvertently on myself, what I needed was a goal, something to reignite my passion again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI always said Gina is the one person I\u2019d come back to fight for. And I thought, you know what? She needs this fight. And the more I thought about it, I realized I need this,\u201d Rousey continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been in the making since I was pregnant, which is over a year ago. It took a long time to get us here. It\u2019s such a long story, I can\u2019t really keep it short, but we fought for this. We fought to fight each other, and there were a lot of obstacles along the way. I told her, \u2018If I have to go out there and train you myself to fight me, I will,’\u201d the former UFC Champion and Olympic medalist added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Fans of Carano and Rousey can\u2019t wait to see their fight on May 16.<\/p>\n

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