Ronda Rousey says her upcoming battle in opposition to Gina Carano marks the tip of her MMA profession. She made the assertion throughout a current look on The Ariel Helwani podcast. Rousey faces Carano on Might 16, 2026, at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.
The bout headlines the primary MMA occasion from Jake Paul’s Most Precious Promotions, streamed stay on Netflix. Fighters compete in a hexagon cage over 5 five-minute rounds with 4-ounce gloves beneath unified MMA guidelines. A press convention occurred on March 10, 2026, in Inglewood, the place each squared off. The complete card consists of Junior dos Santos vs. Robelis Despaigne, Francis Ngannou, Muhammad Mokaev vs. Adriano Moraes, and others like Salahdine Parnasse vs. Kenneth Cross.
Ronda Rousey opens up on retirement plan forward of Gina Carano comeback bout
Rousey described the matchup as her dream battle and the best technique to shut her MMA chapter. She informed Helwani she promised her husband Travis Browne this may be her final one, after convincing him to assist the post-fight promotion work. He stays in opposition to any additional combating. Rousey added she needs extra youngsters and plans to put in writing graphic novels. More money wouldn’t sway her, as her household already has sufficient freedom.
“I promised my husband up and down that that is the final one. He’s the one which I actually bought to persuade to get on board for this promoter shit afterwards. He’s not 100% offered on it. He’s not going for the combating in any respect after this. That is the dream battle. This is absolutely the pinnacle… That is the right technique to finish it.”
This return comes practically a decade after Rousey’s final MMA bout, a first-round knockout loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 207 on December 30, 2016. Prior, Holly Holm knocked her out at UFC 193 in 2015. Rousey cited concussions from judo and MMA as key causes for her 2016 exit. She holds a 12-2 document, with 9 knockouts.
Carano enters off a 17-year layoff since a 2009 knockout loss to Cris Cyborg. Her document stands at 7-1, with three knockouts. Betting favors Rousey as a consequence of her grappling edge, although Carano poses a putting risk.
Rousey entered UFC historical past as its first ladies’s champion in 2013, defending the bantamweight title six occasions earlier than her defeats. She joined WWE in 2018, headlined WrestleMania, and left in 2023 for household. Rousey entered the UFC Corridor of Fame in 2018.
The occasion arrives simply days from now, with Rousey at 39 and Carano at 44.
