LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 The first live MMA event broadcast on Netflix \u2014 featuring a double-comeback bout between Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano \u2014 attracted the most U.S. viewers in the sport’s history.<\/p>\n
Netflix and Jake Paul\u2019s Most Valuable Promotions reported on Tuesday that Saturday’s event<\/a> in Inglewood, California, drew as many as 17 million viewers worldwide, including a peak of 11.6 million in the U.S.<\/p>\n The U.S. figure surpassed the previous MMA record of 8.8 million in 2011 for UFC on FOX 1.<\/p>\n The 39-year-old Rousey, performing in a mixed martial arts cage for the first time in nearly a decade, defeated the 44-year-old Carano with her signature armbar move just 17 seconds into the bout. Carano was fighting for the first time in 17 years.<\/p>\n Other featured bouts at the Intuit Dome on Saturday included a fight between UFC veterans Mike Perry and Nate Diaz. Perry won the welterweight matchup<\/a> on a doctor’s stoppage after bloodying Diaz.<\/p>\n In another bout, former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou knocked out Philipe Lins in the first round.<\/p>\n