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<\/p>\nRonda Rousey has stopped Gina Carano with her signature armbar just 17 seconds into the two iconic fighters’ mixed martial arts (MMA) comeback bout in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
The 39-year-old ended an almost 10-year absence from MMA when she took the cage with the 44-year-old Carano, who had not fought in 17 years.<\/p>\n
Rousey (13-2) wasted no time when the door finally closed, charging and tackling Carano an instant after the opening bell rang.<\/p>\n
She quickly moved into position and applied her famous finishing move, wrenching Carano’s arm as the featherweight fight was stopped.<\/p>\n
Rousey famously won eight fights in less than a minute during her meteoric rise through MMA in the 2010s.<\/p>\n
When asked if she considered waiting a bit longer to go for the finish in this comeback fight, since it was so many years in the making, Rousey laughed.<\/p>\n
“Hell no,” she said.<\/p>\n
“My husband and my kids are watching me. I don’t want to put them through anything more than I have to.”<\/p>\n
Carano was all smiles despite the swift end to her long lay-off.<\/p>\n
Rousey and Carano hugged and shared warm words after the finish, raising each other’s arms in victory.<\/p>\n
“I wanted that to last longer,” Carano said.<\/p>\n
“I felt so ready. I’ve never felt that good. But I haven’t been here for 17 years \u2026 and I wanted to hit her.”<\/p>\n
This improbable double comeback bout united two of the most important fighters from MMA’s past two decades.<\/p>\n
Rousey became one of the world’s most famous athletes as she won the first women’s title in the UFC.<\/p>\n
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Ronda Rousey (left) and Gina Carano returned to the cage in los Angeles.<\/p>\n
She first became interested in MMA because of Carano, whose athleticism and star power made her into a TV headliner when the nascent sport was still fighting for legitimacy and acceptance in the late 2000s.<\/p>\n
Rousey left the sport after consecutive losses, while Carano moved on to an acting career after taking her first loss.<\/p>\n
After having two children and settling into post-fighting life on a farm, Rousey began to consider an MMA return last year.<\/p>\n
She immediately focused on a fight with Carano, whose thriving career as an actor abruptly ended in 2021 with a series of controversial social media posts.<\/p>\n
Carano was happy to finally accept the comeback she had occasionally considered, saying she used her preparations to overcome multiple health problems from recent years.<\/p>\n
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