Alexander Volkanovski isn\u2019t as down on Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano as others.<\/p>\n
Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions recently announced that Rousey and Carano are set to collide in a five-round MMA fight on May 16. Rousey hasn\u2019t fought since late 2016, while Carano hasn\u2019t had a pro MMA bout since 2009. Not long before the announcement was made, Carano\u2019s coach John Wood said he wouldn\u2019t rule out a return fight<\/a>.<\/p>\n A lot of notable names have shared their takes on Rousey vs. Carano being booked in 2026. Volkanovski is the latest star to weigh in on his YouTube channel<\/a>, and he understands the business aspect of it (h\/t MMAFighting<\/a>).<\/p>\n \u201cWhen it comes to numbers, what do I think would do better?\u201d Volkanovski said. \u201cI think the numbers might be the same as\u2014I don\u2019t know. I feel like Amanda Nunes and a Kayla Harrison, would that do better numbers? I don\u2019t know, you tell me. I\u2019m just trying to gauge this sort of situation. I think when it comes to fighting, they\u2019re sort of still in their prime. You could still say Amanda Nunes is still in her prime. Kayla Harrison, obviously in her prime, so they\u2019re going to do their thing.<\/p>\n \u201cBut Ronda Rousey, Carano, now in a lot of movies. WWE. It being on Netflix, a whole different audience, which I like. Me, being a UFC athlete, me just being an MMA fighter, I think it\u2019s great for the sport. I think more people might tune in. If it is the same numbers as a Kayla Harrison-Amanda Nunes, I think that it\u2019s different people watching. I think you are going to get some of your hardcores in that as well and you\u2019re going to get a lot of people that are maybe tuning in for other reasons. Or it\u2019s just on Netflix. I think just MMA being on Netflix is massive.\u201d<\/p>\n UFC CEO Dana White said talks with Rousey simply didn\u2019t work out, but he wished \u201cRowdy\u201d well. White also insisted that he has repaired his relationship with Carano, as the two sides were once at odds over a text message.<\/p>\n The bout will happen under Paul\u2019s promotion instead. It\u2019ll be MVP\u2019s first MMA event. Stick with BJPenn.com for the latest updates on the Rousey vs. Carano undercard.<\/p>\n Will you be watching Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano? Tell us in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Volkanovski isn\u2019t as down on Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano as others. Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-503822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}