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Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano Ends With Anticlimactic Armbar

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Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano face off at a press conference. They will headline Netflix’s first MMA card.
Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano face off at a press conference. They will headline Netflix’s first MMA card. | Ed Mulholland-Imagn Images

Ronda Rousey needed just 17-seconds to submit Gina Carano on Netflix on Saturday night. The most likely outcome immediately played out in the main event and Carano was not given the time or opportunity to do anything except tap before she had her arm broken.

According to MMAJunkie, Rousey earned $2.2 million for fight and Carano got just over a million. That's the kind of pay that explains why they were both happy to hang around in the cage after the fight talking and posing for pictures.

As for the rest of the card, there were three first round finishes and Mike Perry and Nate Diaz had the longest fight of the night making it all the way through two full rounds before the fight was stopped because Diaz was bleeding so much. He had also broken a finger, but he reportedly earned $500,000 for his trouble.

If you missed any of the action, you can read back through the live blog from the event below. All the pertinent highlights are in there as well, but if you're here, you're probably here to see the armbar so enjoy that first:

Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano on Netflix Live Blog

How to watch Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano

Following big-time mixed martial arts has become much more simple with the UFC recently moving all of its cards to Paramount+, but they couldn't convince Rousey to come back for her return fight. So Rousey, Carano and the rest of the fighters have joined Jake Paul at Netflix.

The main card started at 9 p.m. ET so head on over to Netflix and follow along here. The preliminary bouts aired on Tudum.

Rousey vs. Carnano: Full Card and Results

Here are the five fights that make up the main card that will be broadcast live on Netflix:

Fighter

Fighter

Weight Class (LBS)

Result:

Ronda Rousey

Gina Carano

Featherweight (145)

Rousey via sub

Nate Diaz

Mike Perry

Welterweight (170)

Perry via TKO

Francis Ngannou

Philipe Lins

Heavyweight (265)

Ngannou via KO

Salahdine Parnasse

Kenneth Cross

Lightweight (155)

Parnasse via TKO

Junior dos Santos

Robelis Despaigne

Heavyweight (265)

Despaigne via KO

After tonight, it will be interesting to see what happens to a number of these fighters. Rousey and Carano seem unlikely to fight anyone else, no matter who wins. Maybe if it's a great fight they would do it again, but neither of them are going to the UFC so Netflix would have to find another big star.

Diaz is 41 and hasn't fought since 2022, but he remains an attractive name and has already called out UFC fighter Charles Oliveira who won the symbolic "BMF" belt in March. (If you don't know what that means, don't feel bad.) Diaz has been especially entertaining this week as he was forced to do press for the first time in a few years. As usual, it's been an adventure.

Ngannou is still a legitimate heavyweight contender, but the UFC seems unlikely to pay the former champion's price. So maybe he finds a new home at Netflix where he can fight any other heavyweight who is unafilliated. With a victory on Saturday night Junior dos Santos might be a good future fight.

Let there be no mistake, if this goes well, Netflix will look to do it again. They have carried Jake Paul's last two fights (Mike Tyson and Anthony Joshua) and doing an MMA card or two a year seems like a no-brainer if they can keep putting together cards if they have enough name-brand combatants.

Here are the results from the preliminary undercard that aired on Tudum / YouTube.

Fighter

Fighter

Weight Class (LBS)

Result:

Namo Fazil

Jake Bobain

Welterweight (170)

Fazil via submission

Adriano Moraes

Phumi Nkuta

Catchweight (130)

Moraes via submission

Jason Jackson

Jefferson Creighton

Welterweight (170)

Jackson via KO

David Mgoyan

Albert Morales

Featherweight (145)

Mgoyan via decision

Aline Pereira

Jade Masson-Wong

Catchweight (130)

Pereira via split decision

Chris Avila

Brandon Jenkins

Catchweight (165)

Jenkins via split decision

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Stephen Douglas is a senior writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has worked in media since 2008 and now casts a wide net with coverage across all sports. Douglas spent more than a decade with The Big Lead and previously wrote for Uproxx and The Sporting News. He has three children, two degrees and one now unverified Twitter account.

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