Ronda Rousey faced MMA legend Gina Carano at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. The women’s featherweight fight headlined the Most Valuable Promotions event and streamed live on Netflix. When everything was said and done, fans had a big fight feel all over the night.
CM Punk was on hand, and he gave his vote for Ronda Rousey. He believed that the Baddest Woman on the Planet would beat her opponent in the cage. He was correct in his expert assessment.
The main event fight got on the mat early in the first round. It didn’t take twenty seconds for Ronda Rousey to latch an armbar on Gina Carano, forcing her to tap out. After the fight was over, they both hugged in the middle of the cage, but Rousey was the emotional winner of the night.
Gina Carano finished her MMA career with a 7-1 record and was one of the first big stars in women’s MMA. She helped bring attention to women fighting before moving into acting and appearing in movies and TV shows like The Mandalorian.
Ronda Rousey finished her MMA career with a 12-2 record and helped make women’s MMA mainstream as the UFC’s first female champion. Before fighting, she won a bronze medal in judo at the 2008 Olympics. She later transitioned to WWE, where she won the Raw Women’s Championship, the SmackDown Women’s Championship twice, and the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship, while also headlining the first-ever women’s WrestleMania main event.
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