{"id":673224,"date":"2026-05-15T19:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/673224\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T19:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:46:07","slug":"rousey-carano-fight-to-set-womens-purse-record-challenge-ufcs-mma-dominance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/673224\/","title":{"rendered":"Rousey: Carano fight to set women\u2019s purse record, challenge UFC\u2019s MMA dominance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-events-and-attractions \">MMA fighter Ronda Rousey said that her fight with Gina Carano \u201cwill set a new purse record for female fighters\u201d when they meet Saturday at Intuit Dome, with the bout set to be streamed on Netflix. Rousey \u201cchampioned her bout with Carano as a landscape-shifting moment for the sport\u201d and also \u201ctook aim at the UFC\u2019s fighter pay\u201d system. While Rousey said she \u201chad no problem with\u201d UFC President &amp; CEO Dana White, she \u201cvoiced her unhappiness at how the promotion is being run\u201d and predicted the partnership between Most Valuable Promotions and Netflix \u201ccould change the future of MMA.\u201d Rousey: \u201cWho can say the success of this fight won\u2019t give the competition the UFC needs and give bargaining power back to the fighters?\u201d Meanwhile, organizers are \u201caiming to set a new record for the most watched MMA event of all time\u201d with the Netflix stream. But it \u201cremains to be seen if the Rousey-fronted venture can indeed step out of the UFC\u2019s shadow\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/mixed-martial-arts\/articles\/clypl0g3j44o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC.com, 5\/15<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-events-and-attractions \">MVP co-founder Nakisa Bidarian \u201chas high expectations for the event.\u201d While the company\u2019s inaugural MMA event is \u201cfunctionally a one-off,\u201d if \u201call goes as planned, the potential for more only expands.\u201d There \u201caren\u2019t currently any commitments in place\u201d from either MVP or Netflix to carry on with future events, but Bidarian \u201cfully expects talks to begin in the following months, should Saturday\u2019s show be a success.\u201d Bidarian also confirmed earlier this week that all fighters on the card \u201cwill be paid a minimum of $40,000\u201d and that purses \u201cwill also be a flat rate, with bonus incentives still in play.\u201d He added that Saturday\u2019s event will \u201coperate with a unique revenue share\u201d that will be \u201cmuch higher than 50% to the fighters,\u201d as compared to the UFC\u2019s approach &#8212; which typically pays its fighters between 16%-20% (<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mma\/article\/jake-pauls-co-promoter-unveils-payout-structure-for-ronda-rousey-vs-gina-carano-fight-card-athlete-bonus-incentives-225835451.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANfnH5UpyEo6WJjHOtDAov25h0FZEtnv2LK0B5M_m85bmzg3hx_a7uNiyyk2ZxzREA-M_9m77h__OsdoIZQjvwNnQ42XdfccjksfmjQ9xyOPIySgckBdpmagwd4rdx4qUCroZDd-o9eE7GgeqOP7nA9GvM58Ul1OjHDVecdvh-zS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YAHOO SPORTS, 5\/12<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-events-and-attractions \">Here is a snapshot of the range in ticket prices for the event as of presstime: <\/p>\n<p>Ticketmaster: $88-$3,607SeatGeek: $149-$6,234StubHub: $128-$19,617Vivid Seats: $134-$2,523<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MMA fighter Ronda Rousey said that her fight with Gina Carano \u201cwill set a new purse record for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,18577,786,785,85,24353],"class_list":["post-673224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-combat-sports","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-womens-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673224","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=673224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}