Two of the perfect feminine MMA fighters are returning to motion this spring, courtesy of Netflix.
The streaming big introduced on Tuesday, Feb. 17 that it is launching a combat between Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano on Might 16 on the Intuit Dome in LA County. The occasion marks Netflix’s first-ever reside MMA broadcast.
Tickets will go on sale March 5, Deadline reviews. See the epic social-media announcement beneath.
View this submit on InstagramFollowers are already flooding the feedback part of Netflix Sports activities’ joint Instagram submit to voice their pleasure for the upcoming occasion. “Alright I’m SEATED🔥,” wrote one person, whereas one other particular person commented, “Dream matchup incoming.”
“Been ready so lengthy to announce this: Me and Gina Carano are gonna throw down within the largest tremendous combat in ladies’s fight sport historical past,” mentioned Rousey, 39, in a press release, per Deadline. “And we’re partnering with the fighter-first promotion MVP in addition to the most important and baddest streamer on the planet Netflix. That is for all MMA followers previous, current and future.”
“Ronda got here to me and mentioned there is just one particular person she would make a comeback for and it has been her dream to make this combat occur between us,” mentioned Carano, 43, in a press release. “She thanked me for opening up doorways for her in her profession and was respectful in asking for this combat to occur. That is an honor. I imagine I’ll stroll out of this combat with the win and I anticipate it won’t come simple, which I welcome. That is as a lot for Ronda and me as it’s for the followers and combined martial arts group. What a time to be alive.”
Followers have been anticipating a combat between Rousey and Carano for greater than a decade. There was discuss of a face-off in 2014, Deadline reviews, nevertheless it fell via as a consequence of timing, weight-class issues and extra.
In the meantime, Netflix’s newest announcement concerning the Rousey-Carano combat comes at a notable time because it’s at the moment battling to amass Warner Bros. Discovery over Paramount — which at the moment holds unique UFC rights.
