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Ronda Rousey turned backmost nan timepiece aft being retired of nan Octagon for astir a decade.
Arguably nan top women's mixed martial creator ever, Rousey fought Gina Carano connected Saturday aft not fighting since Dec. 30, 2016, and she looked for illustration her vintage self.
Rousey sewage Carano successful an limb barroom and earned a triumph by submission conscionable 17 seconds into nan fight. It was nan 13th triumph of her career, and nan 10th that came wrong nan first 70 seconds. All but 1 of Rousey's victories came successful nan first round.
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Ronda Rousey and hubby Travis Browne clasp aft Rousey defeated Gina Carano successful her featherweight bout during nan main paper of Netflix's Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano astatine Intuit Dome connected May 16, 2026 successful Inglewood, California. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images for Netflix)
However, immoderate critics opportunity nan event, tally by Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions, was scripted. Paul is hardly a alien to those allegations, but nan ones regarding Rousey-Carano reached a caller level for Paul's business partner, Nakisa Bidarian.
"I deliberation nan Jake Paul allegations are much outlandish, honestly. With Ronda, it’s conscionable a deficiency of knowledge from group who don't cognize who she is aliases what she does," Bidarian, who has dismissed akin allegations successful nan past, said successful a caller question and reply pinch Fox News Digital.
Ronda Rousey defeated Gina Carano by submission pinch a first-round armbar astatine nan 17-second people during their featherweight bout astatine nan Intuit Dome successful Inglewood, California, connected May 16, 2026. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu)
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"If you deliberation astir it, why would anyone successful our business hole a conflict to past only 17 seconds? This was reality -- personification supremely prepared imposing her will."
Simply put, Rousey came backmost and did "what she's done truthful galore times."
"Ronda holds record-setting summons income for female combat athletes, and it was astonishing to spot her execute astatine that level again aft truthful galore years. I’m disappointed for Gina because she put successful a lot of activity but didn't get to show her skills aft falling into Ronda's trap," Bidarian added.
And though nan critics are retired aft MVP's first MMA fight, Bidarian said location is much to come.
Ronda Rousey looks connected earlier her featherweight bout against Gina Carano during nan main paper of Netflix's Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano astatine Intuit Dome successful Inglewood, California, connected May 16, 2026. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images for Netflix)
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"MVP MMA will beryllium back," Bidarian said. "We are moving feverishly connected nan future. We judge we person a typical 'fighter-first' brand, and location is intelligibly a request for more, which we are going to deliver."
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