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MVP Sets Fight Week Plan as Ronda Rousey’s Netflix Return Draws UFC Pushback

The Netflix-streamed card spotlights Most Valuable Promotions’ pay model as a public challenge to UFC economics.

Overview

  • Most Valuable Promotions published the Rousey vs. Carano fight week schedule on Thursday, with open workouts at Venice Beach, a final press conference, and ceremonial weigh-ins all free to the public.
  • Prelims will stream on Netflix’s Tudum and MVP’s YouTube, while the main card airs exclusively on Netflix from the Intuit Dome in Inglewood on May 16.
  • Rousey says this will be her final fight unless a result with Gina Carano calls for a trilogy, framing the bout as closure after a decade away.
  • She credits a Cleveland Clinic diagnosis of migraines and preventive medication for clearing a return to full-contact sparring after vision and focus issues in past UFC fights.
  • UFC champion Khamzat Chimaev called Rousey “ungrateful” over her pay critiques, and Chris Weidman said MVP sounded him out for an Anderson Silva trilogy before talks stalled over money.