Overview
- At Thursday's press conference in Inglewood, Ronda Rousey said her loyalty is to Dana White and the Fertitta brothers, not TKO’s UFC, and she blasted Khamzat Chimaev and Kayla Harrison.
- MVP MMA 1, headlined by Rousey vs. Gina Carano, is set for Saturday, May 16 at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles and will stream live on Netflix with no extra pay-per-view fee.
- The co-features are Nate Diaz vs. Mike Perry and former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou vs. Philipe Lins, with Thursday faceoffs kept respectful and focused.
- Official weigh-ins start Friday at 12 p.m. ET with a 146-pound featherweight limit for the headliners, followed by a 9 p.m. ET ceremonial event.
- Rousey said she and Carano will break the women’s purse record and she framed the Netflix debut with Most Valuable Promotions as a test of a higher-pay model for fighters.