Overview
- The main card streams on Netflix on Saturday, May 16 at 9 p.m. ET from the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, with prelims on YouTube starting at 6 p.m. ET.
- Following Thursday’s pre-fight press conference in Los Angeles, Ronda Rousey said her bout with Gina Carano will break women’s pay records and argued the event could give fighters leverage against the UFC.
- Sportsbooks list Rousey as a clear favorite at roughly -615 to -700, most expert picks point to a Rousey submission, Mike Perry is favored over Nate Diaz, and Francis Ngannou is priced as a heavy favorite over Philipe Lins.
- Commission weigh-in figures posted Friday included Francis Ngannou at 257.5 pounds vs. Philipe Lins at 220.6, Junior dos Santos at 245.5 vs. Robelis Despaigne at 258.8, and Jason Jackson at 170.8 vs. Jeff Creighton at 168.3.
- The 11-fight lineup features co-headliners Diaz vs. Perry and Ngannou vs. Lins, with Jackson now facing late replacement Jefferson Creighton, as Rousey returns after nearly a decade away and Carano after 17 years.