{"id":295911,"date":"2026-02-17T16:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/295911\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:39:11","slug":"netflix-un-cancels-gina-carano-for-mma-fight-with-ronda-rousey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/295911\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Un-Cancels Gina Carano for MMA Fight With Ronda Rousey"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNetflix<\/a> has another dream fight 10 years too late<\/a>: Ronda Rousey<\/a> and Gina Carano<\/a> will go toe-to-toe in an MMA fight on Saturday, May 16. The match will stream live on Netflix from the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles \u2014 the rest of the card will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Rousey-Carano fight will take place inside a hexagon (and not octagon like the UFC) cage. Rousey vs. Carano marks Netflix\u2019s first-ever mixed martial arts event. It is also the first foray into the sport for Most Valuable Promotions (MVP), Jake Paul\u2019s events company.<\/p>\n

\n\tRousey, 39, and Carano, 43, will face off as featherweights (145 pounds). The fight will be professionally sanctioned under the Unified Rules of MMA and take place over five, five-minute rounds (as necessary) using four-ounce gloves. The gloves and weight class are the same the UFC uses, and the five, five-minute rounds are what UFC does for its championship fights.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBeen waiting so long to announce this: Me and Gina Carano are gonna throw down in the biggest super fight in women\u2019s combat sport history!\u201d Rousey said in a statement. \u201cAnd we\u2019re partnering with the fighter-first promotion MVP as well as the biggest and baddest streamer on the planet Netflix. This is for all MMA fans past, present and future. More to come\u2026 much more.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRousey\u2019s professional MMA record is 12-2 with nine wins by submission and three by knockout.<\/p>\n

\n\tReaders will remember Carano from being fired from The Mandalorian<\/a> after her outspoken conservative views ruffled feathers on social media. That was exactly five years and one week ago today. Carano\u2019s acting credits also count Fast & Furious 6 and\u00a0Deadpool.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter being fired, Carano sued Disney and Lucasfilm. They\u2019d settle<\/a>. Carano has not worked in Hollywood since being let go.<\/p>\n

\n\tRousey is, of course, even more legendary in MMA than Carano. She transitioned from the UFC to a WWE career and has not fought mixed martial arts in a decade. Carano\u2019s last MMA fight was in 2009.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cRonda came to me and said there is only one person she would make a comeback for and it has been her dream to make this fight happen between us,\u201d Carano said. \u201cShe thanked me for opening up doors for her in her career and was respectful in asking for this fight to happen. This is an honor. I believe I will walk out of this fight with the win and I anticipate it will not come easy, which I welcome. This is as much for Ronda and me as it is for the fans and mixed martial arts community. What a time to be alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCarano has an official MMA record of 7-1, with one win by submission, three by knockout and the rest by decision. (Her earlier Muay Thai record was 12\u20131\u20131.)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMVP has always been driven by disruption and delivering the biggest moments in combat sports on a global scale, and today we are officially bringing that energy to MMA for the first time,\u201d Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, co-founders of MVP, said. \u201cRonda Rousey and Gina Carano are the two most formative figures in the history of women\u2019s MMA; they are the icons who shattered the glass ceiling and helped build the foundation this sport stands on. MVP\u2019s conviction in women\u2019s boxing was driven by the success achieved by Ronda Rousey, who was the biggest star of the entire sport of MMA during her career. Following the unprecedented success of our boxing partnership, we are proving that MVP and Netflix can create blockbuster live events in multiple sports that engage fans across generations. This is what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMVP put on Jake Paul\u2019s boxing matches for Netflix. The legitimacy of those fights are in the eyes of the many millions of Netflix subscribers to have live-streamed them.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAfter the record-breaking success in boxing, we wanted our first MMA event to be truly legendary. We\u2019re thrilled to continue our partnership with MVP and bring together Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano to deliver the kind of high-stakes, icon-driven competition that our members crave,\u201d Gabe Spitzer, Netflix vice president of sports, said. \u201cThese are more than just athletes \u2014 they are generational stars \u2014 and having them headline our MMA debut at the Intuit Dome is a defining moment for us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix has another dream fight 10 years too late: Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano will go toe-to-toe in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[150007,85,46,400,150008,105],"class_list":["post-295911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-gina-carano","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-netflix","tag-ronda-rousey","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}