{"id":575919,"date":"2026-03-31T08:20:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/575919\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:20:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:20:23","slug":"nate-diazs-teammate-added-to-rousey-carano-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/575919\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Diaz\u2019s teammate added to Rousey-Carano card"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final piece of a historic Netflix mixed martial arts (MMA) fight card is officially in place.<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) announced this past weekend that former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighters Chris Avila and Brandon Jenkins will kick off the Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano<\/a>-led event, set for Sat., May 16, 2026, inside Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California, streaming exclusively on Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And yes \u2014 this one has Nate Diaz written all over it.<\/p>\n

Avila (8-9), one of Diaz\u2019s longtime teammates and closest friends, lands on the card in a move that feels more than fitting given Diaz is also featured in the triple-header. Avila went 0-2 during his UFC stint, suffering losses to Artem Lobov and Enrique Barzola before being released.<\/p>\n

After his UFC run, Avila bounced around multiple promotions \u2014 including Bellator and Combate<\/a> \u2014 before finding his groove in boxing. There, he compiled a solid 6-2 record with notable wins over Anthony Taylor, Jeremy Stephens, and Anthony Pettis (watch highlights<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Now, he\u2019s making his return to MMA on a big stage.<\/p>\n

Since then, however, Jenkins has stayed extremely active.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Human Highlight Reel\u201d has competed across multiple platforms \u2014 including PFL, Karate Combat, boxing, and even bare-knuckle MMA \u2014 and built a reputation for being in all-out wars, including a Fight of the Year contender against<\/a> Zach Juusola.<\/p>\n

Simply put: this is guaranteed chaos.<\/p>\n

Pairing two action-first fighters like Avila and Jenkins to open the card is smart matchmaking and should set the tone for what is shaping up to be a stacked night.<\/p>\n

Here is the entire final MVP MMA 1 card:<\/p>\n

Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano
Francis Ngannou vs. Philipe Lins
Nate Diaz vs. Mike Perry
Jason Jackson vs. Lorenz Larkin
Kenneth Cross vs. Salahdine Parnasse
Junior Dos Santos vs. Robelis Despaigne
Muhammad Mokaev vs. Adriano Moraes
Jake Babian vs. Namo Fazil
David Mgoyan vs. Albert Morales
Aline Pereira vs. Jade Masson-Wong
Chris Avila vs. Brandon Jenkins<\/p>\n

For much more on \u201cRousey vs. Carano\u201d checkout our comprehensive archive right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final piece of a historic Netflix mixed martial arts (MMA) fight card is officially in place. Most…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,250320,85,61604],"class_list":{"0":"post-575919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-ronda-rousey-vs-gina-carano-netflix-news-hub","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-ufc-fight-announcements"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}