Overview
- Rousey, in a round of Monday interviews, accused UFC executive Hunter Campbell of belittling the matchup and trying to undercut talks, while saying Dana White supported the idea and told her to self-promote.
- The bout is scheduled for Saturday at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood and will stream live on Netflix under Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions in the service’s first live MMA event.
- The main event is a sanctioned 145-pound fight set for five five-minute rounds with four-ounce gloves, marking Rousey’s first cage walk since early 2017 and Carano’s first since 2009.
- Rousey says a Cleveland Clinic diagnosis of migraine aura and preventive treatment made a return possible, and she has told her husband this will likely be her final fight.
- Opinion around the matchup is split on quality, with former UFC fighter Matt Brown predicting an ugly fight and picking Carano, even as betting odds list Rousey as a clear favorite.