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\nRonda Rousey will return to MMA for the first time since 2016. |
\nDave Mandel\/Sherdog.com<\/b><\/p>\n
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A surprise matchup between two mixed martial arts legends will go
\ndown in a few months \u2014 but it won\u2019t happen at the White House.<\/p>\n
Most Valuable Promotions announced on Tuesday that former UFC Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Rousey, who is now 39 years old, was one-half of the first woman\u2019s Since stepping away from the UFC in 2016, Rousey had a prominent \u201cBeen waiting so long to announce this: Me and Gina Carano<\/a> Carano, 43, hasn\u2019t fought since August 2009, when she suffered a Carano is recognized as one of the early pioneers of women\u2019s MMA. \u201cRonda came to me and said there is only one person she would make Carano and Rousey were \u201cMVP has always been driven by disruption and delivering the \u201cFollowing the unprecedented success of our boxing partnership, we A press conference to promote the fight is scheduled for March 5 at A LEGACY SHOWDOWN \ud83d\udd25 Ronda
\nchampion Ronda
\nRousey<\/a> and women\u2019s MMA pioneer Gina Carano<\/a>
\nwill square off in a five-round, featherweight bout at the Intuit
\nDome in Los Angeles on May 16. The fight will air on Netflix,
\nmaking it the first MMA bout to be broadcast on the streaming
\nplatform. More fights are expected to be announced in the coming
\nweeks.<\/p>\n
\nbout under the UFC banner and quickly emerged as one of the
\npromotion\u2019s biggest stars during her peak. The Olympic judo bronze
\nmedalist won her first 12 professional bouts \u2014 capturing titles in
\nthe UFC and Strikeforce along the way \u2014 before exiting the sport on
\nthe heels of back-to-back knockout losses against Holly Holm<\/a>
\nand Amanda
\nNunes<\/a> \u2014 the last of which occurred in December 2016. In recent
\nmonths, \u201cRowdy\u201d has fueled speculation that a comeback is imminent
\nwith a series of training videos on social media, including one
\npost that where she stated that she was
\n\u201dfinding my love\u201d for MMA again.<\/a><\/p>\n
\nrole in the WWE over two separate stints. Not long ago, Rousey
\nshut down<\/a> the possibility of making a return to
\nthe UFC at the White House event slated for June 14. Rousey was
\nreportedly
\nin talks for a boxing match<\/a> against Katie
\nTaylor<\/a> in Las Vegas this summer, but that booking did not come
\nto fruition.<\/p>\n
\nare gonna throw down in the biggest super fight in women\u2019s combat
\nsport history,\u201d Rousey said in a release. \u201cAnd we\u2019re partnering
\nwith the fighter-first promotion MVP as well as the biggest and
\nbaddest streamer on the planet Netflix. This is for all MMA fans
\npast, present and future. More to come\u2026 much more.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nfirst-round technical knockout loss to Cris Cyborg in a fight for
\nthe vacant Strikeforce featherweight championship. Since then, she
\nhas enjoyed a successful Hollywood career with roles in shows such
\nas \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d and movies such as \u201cDeadpool,\u201d \u201cHaywire,\u201d and
\n\u201cFast and the Furious 6.\u201d Like Rousey, Carano never officially
\nannounced her retirement from fighting. Carano has been training
\nregularly in Las Vegas at Syndicate MMA, and coach John Wood
\nadmitted that his charge had that \u201cfire lit.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nPrior to facing \u201cCyborg,\u201d she was victorious in her first seven
\nprofessional outings, besting the likes of Julie
\nKedzie<\/a>, Tonya
\nEvinger<\/a> and Kaitlin
\nYoung<\/a> along the way. The bout vs. Kedzie at Elite XC \u201cDestiny,\u201d
\nwas the first women\u2019s fight to be televised on Showtime. Carano\u2019s
\ncrossover appeal also brought many more eyes to women\u2019s MMA in
\ngeneral.<\/p>\n
\na comeback for and it has been her dream to make this fight happen
\nbetween us,\u201d Carano said. \u201cShe thanked me for opening up doors for
\nher in her career and was respectful in asking for this fight to
\nhappen. This is an honor. I believe I will walk out of this fight
\nwith the win and I anticipate it will not come easy, which I
\nwelcome. This is as much for Ronda and me as it is for the fans and
\nmixed martial arts community. What a time to be alive.\u201d<\/p>\nMore Than 10 Years in the Making<\/h2>\n
\nbriefly linked<\/a> for a fight in the
\nUFC<\/a> in 2014, but the bout never truly came close to becoming a
\nreality. Instead, the organization led by YouTube personality
\nturned boxer Jake Paul<\/a>
\nwill make its first foray into MMA with a high-profile booking. MVP
\nis already well known for putting female boxers in prominent
\npositions on its cards, and now it will do the same with two of the
\nbiggest stars in womens\u2019 MMA.<\/p>\n
\nbiggest moments in combat sports on a global scale, and today we
\nare officially bringing that energy to MMA for the first time,\u201d MVP
\nco-founders Paul and Nakisa Bidarian said in a statement. \u201cRonda
\nRousey and Gina Carano are the two most formative figures in the
\nhistory of women\u2019s MMA; they are the icons who shattered the glass
\nceiling and helped build the foundation this sport stands on. MVP\u2019s
\nconviction in women\u2019s boxing was driven by the success achieved by
\nRonda Rousey, who was the biggest star of the entire sport of MMA
\nduring her career.<\/p>\n
\nare proving that MVP and Netflix can create blockbuster live events
\nin multiple sports that engage fans across generations. This is
\nwhat we do.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nthe Intuit Dome.<\/p>\n\n
\n#RouseyCarano<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRousey<\/a> vs. Gina
\nCarano<\/a>
Saturday May 16
LIVE only on Netflix pic.twitter.com\/cybtQHNyPT<\/a><\/p>\n