{"id":588370,"date":"2026-05-17T03:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T03:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/588370\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T03:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T03:43:10","slug":"rousey-vs-carano-mma-live-updates-conor-mcgregor-netflix-nate-diaz-fight-uk-time-and-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/588370\/","title":{"rendered":"Rousey vs Carano MMA LIVE: Updates, Conor McGregor, Netflix, Nate Diaz, fight UK time and results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the history with Rousey and White?published at 04:39 BST<\/p>\n<p>04:39 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-fxb76l-Paragraph e14e9ror4\">Rousey v Carano<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In 2011, UFC president Dana White famously said we would &#8220;never&#8221; see women compete in the promotion, but Ronda Rousey left him with no other option.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Just a year later and after five successive first-round submission wins, Rousey was signed to the UFC and handed the inaugural bantamweight title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It proved to be a mutually beneficial relationship as Rousey made six successful defences of that belt and emerged as one of the biggest stars in MMA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rousey went on to headline six UFC cards and was one of the highest paid athletes in the sport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Their relationship appeared to be intact when she retired in 2016, but Rousey has more recently criticised the UFC for how they pay their fighters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This week, Rousey has made clear her intention to go head-to-head with White as she plots a future as a promoter.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dana White wearing a black t-shirt stands next to Ronda Rousey, who is also wearing a black top\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fae47f00-52f1-476c-ac3f-b5de42e9187e.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the history with Rousey and White?published at 04:39 BST 04:39 BST Rousey v Carano In 2011, UFC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-588370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}