Ronda Rousey defeats Gina Carano in 17 seconds, | College News
Former UFC champion and Olympic medalist Ronda Rousey (13-2) needed just 17 seconds to defeat Gina Carano (7-2) with her signature armbar on Saturday at Intuit Dome, bringing her blended martial arts profession to a close.
In her return to MMA, Rousey shortly took Carano down to the mat at the start of the spherical. Carano tried to defend herself but left her arm uncovered, permitting the judoka to apply her defining transfer.
Rousey stopped combating in 2016 following losses to Holly Holm in 2015 and Amanda Nunes a yr later. For the Riverside resident, this struggle marks the profession finale Rousey never had.
“There’s no way I can top this,” said Rousey, 39, when requested after the struggle if she deliberate to return to the ring.
“I wanted it to last longer,” said Carano, 44.
Rousey urged Carano to take into account the struggle at a tough time in her life and the actor said she misplaced 100 kilos to put together for the bout.
“She gave me a reason; I woke up every day thinking about her,” Carano said of Rousey.
“She’s a hero to me. You changed my world,” Rousey told Carano, before hugging her after the temporary bout. “I didn’t want to hurt her — that’s just how mixed martial arts is.”
The event was organized by MVP, co-owned by influencer and boxer Jake Paul and businessman Nakisa Bridarian. The bout was scheduled for 5 rounds in the featherweight division.
“You’re going to see more MMA on MVP, and it’s all thanks to these women,” Paul said, before telling UFC president Dana White that his company would host more high-profile MMA occasions such as Saturday’s card at Intuit Dome that paid the headliners thousands and thousands and every fighter decrease on the cardboard at least $40,000 apiece.
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Ronda Rousey hugs Gina Carano after utilizing an armbar to beat Carano Saturday at Intuit Dome.
(Jae C. Hong / Ap Photo/jae C. Hong)
Carano had not competed since 2009 — a 17-year hiatus — and is taken into account by many to be the pioneer of girls’s MMA, having competed in Strikeforce and Elite XC before retiring following a loss to Cris Cyborg.
In other welterweight bouts, 41-year-old Nate Díaz (22-14) was unable to make it to the third spherical of his struggle against Mike Perry (15-8) after taking a beating in two rounds, during which he also landed some strikes but bore the brunt of the motion.
With Díaz’s face bleeding profusely, Perry took benefit of Díaz’s questionable bodily condition. Díaz hadn’t fought in MMA since 2022, when he defeated Tony Ferguson, though he had dabbled in boxing.
Mike Beltrán, the referee for the bout, stopped the struggle after Díaz was unable to stop the bleeding and continue at the end of the second spherical.
“I landed some good shots, but I was getting tired,” said Perry, 34. “He’s very good, tough; when he looks like he’s hurt, he always has a trick up his sleeve, so I had to be careful.”
In another heavyweight bout, Cameroonian Francis Ngannou (19-3) needed just one spherical to dispatch Brazilian Philipe Lins (18-6) in a struggle where he didn’t appear to be making an attempt very arduous. The African fighter punished Lins, who, although he defended himself and managed to land a few blows on Ngannou, was straightforward prey for a blow to the pinnacle that knocked him out in the opening spherical.
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Ronda Rousey makes use of an armbar to defeat Gina Carano in 17 seconds on Saturday at Intuit Dome.
(Jae C. Hong / Ap Photo/jae C. Hong)
“I kept my composure,” said Ngannou, 39. “My knockout wasn’t impressive for my style.”
Ngannou also challenged legendary former UFC champion Jon Jones to a bout in MVP MMA. Jones was in the sector conducting an interview with the Netflix broadcast workforce when he obtained the problem and gave a thumbs up amid the gang’s cheers. Another potential boxing opponent for the Cameroonian is MVP promoter Paul himself, who stepped into the octagon to have fun with winners on Saturday.
“As a businessman, we’re going to promote MMA. And hopefully we can fight one day in boxing,” Paul said.
In the light-weight division, Salahdine Parnasse (23-2) defeated Kenneth Cross (17-5) in the first spherical after touchdown a flurry of punches and dominating him early. Parnasse unleashed a wide-ranging offensive, from physique pictures to head strikes, to end the struggle at the 4:18 mark of the first spherical.
In another bout, in the heavyweight division, Brazilian Junior dos Santos (21-11) was knocked out spectacularly by Cuban Robelis Despaigne (6-2) in the first spherical. The Cuban landed a three-punch mixture — two rights and a left — to end off a bloodied Dos Santos at 2:59.
Despaigne, who has fought for promotions such as Karate Combat, said afterward that he would really like to face Ngannou.
Other outcomes
In the main event of the preliminary card, Namo Fazil (10-1) submitted Jake Babian (6-2) in the second spherical of their welterweight bout.
In a 130-pound catchweight bout, Brazilian Adriano Moraes (22-6) knocked out American Phumi Nkuta (11-1) in the ultimate second of the third spherical. Moraes landed a kick to Nkuta’s physique in the ultimate moments of a close bout, and as Nkuta fell, Moraes utilized a guillotine choke. At first, it appeared the bell had saved Nkuta, but the referee decided that the fighter was already knocked out and awarded the victory to Moraes.
In the welterweight division, one of the best knockouts of the night time occurred when Jason Jackson (20-6) despatched Jefferson Creighton (12-3-1) to the canvas in just 22 seconds.
In the featherweight division, David Mgoyan (9-1) dominated Albert Morales (19-11), defeating him by unanimous resolution (29-28, 30-26, and 30-27).
Aline Pereira (3-2) defeated Jade Masson-Wong (3-3) by break up resolution (29-28, 29-28, 27-30) in a 130-pound bout.
Chris Avila (8-10) was defeated by break up resolution (29-28, 29-28, 28-29) by Brandon Jenkins (17-11) in a 165-pound bout.
This article first appeared in Spanish via L.A. Times en Español.
