Two of the most iconic fighters in women’s mixed martial arts history are stepping back into the ring against one another in Southern California.
Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano will end their respective retirements for a women’s featherweight fight May 16 at Intuit Dome under Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian’s Most Valuable Promotions banner.
Netflix announced the bout as “a legacy showdown” in a social media post Tuesday morning. Rousey, who for months has been posting videos of herself training, confirmed the fight with Carano in a text with the Southern California News Group.
“This fight has been 9 months in the making since I was 9 months pregnant,” Rousey said in a text, “this last year has been the most healing and incredible journey and I’m thrilled to be able to invite the world to come along.”
Rousey, 39, and her husband, former UFC heavyweight Travis Browne, have two daughters — a 4-year-old and the younger of whom was born in January 2025.
Rousey helped elevate the UFC to new heights after winning the bantamweight title against Liz Carmouche in the first women’s fight in UFC history at UFC 157 at Honda Center in 2013. That came five years after Rousey became the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo with a bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
The Riverside native and Santa Monica High grad went on to win five consecutive fights defending her title and becoming a global superstar along the way.
Rousey (12-2) and Carano (7-1), who have both found successful post-MMA careers acting in television and movies, haven’t fought in a combined 27 years. Rousey did have a successful professional wrestling run with the WWE from 2017-23.
Rousey hasn’t fought since she suffered back-to-back knockout losses to Holly Holm in 2015 and Amanda Nunes in 2016. In interviews, she has said concussions, suffered over years of training judo and MMA as well as in WWE, contributed to her retirement.
Carano, 43, hasn’t fought since 2009 when she lost to Cris Cyborg by knockout in a Strikeforce main event in San Jose that aired on Showtime.
The fight will be at 145 pounds, which is a 10-pound move up for Rousey but where Carano typically fought in her eight-fight career.
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