Most Valuable Promotions puts on its first mixed martial arts
card tomorrow, which is now set following the official
Rousey vs. Carano weigh-ins.
MVP’s debut MMA event is headlined by a highly anticipated fight
between former Olympian and
Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s bantamweight titleholder
Ronda
Rousey and former EliteXC and Strikeforce star Gina Carano.
Both women successfully hit their marks for their first fights in
10 and 17 years, respectively. In total, all 22 fighters for the
event made their contracted weight.
A pair of title fight knockout losses ended the career of Rousey
(12-2). Prior to a shocking head kick defeat to Holly Holm,
Rousey was seen as the most dominant fighter in the sport and had
racked up 12 straight wins and six UFC title defenses. “Rowdy”
would return again a year later, losing to Amanda
Nunes in less than a minute and then retiring from the sport,
although she’s stayed in the spotlight with acting and professional
wrestling. For her return bout, Rousey weighed 142 pounds.
Carano (7-1) also started out as an undefeated phenom. One of the
faces of EliteXC, Carano started her career with seven straight
wins, including finishes of Kaitlin
Young and Tonya
Evinger. However, a TKO defeat to Cristiane
Justino in 2009 was the last time she laced up the gloves.
She’s since had a successful acting career, being a mainstay on the
first two seasons of the Star Wars television show “The
Mandalorian.” For her first fight since losing to “Cyborg,” Carano
weighed 141.4 pounds.
MVP MMA’s Rousey vs. Carano card will air live on Netflix on
Saturday. The main card starts at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, while
prelims start at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT on Netflix’s Tudum
website.
MVP ‘Rousey vs. Carano’ weigh-in results:
Ronda
Rousey (142) vs. Gina Carano
(141.4)
Nate
Diaz (168.6) vs. Mike Perry
(169.6)
Francis
Ngannou (257) vs. Philipe
Lins (220.6)
Salahdine
Parnasse (154.8) vs. Kenneth
Cross (155.4)
Junior dos
Santos (245.4) vs. Robelis
Despaigne (258.8)
Namo
Fazil (170.8) vs. Jake Babian
(171)
Adriano
Moraes (129) vs. Phumi Nkuta
(130)
Jason
Jackson (170.8) vs. Jefferson
Creighton (168.2)
David
Mgoyan (145.2) vs. Albert
Morales (143.8)
Aline
Pereira (128) vs. Jade
Masson-Wong (129.2)
Chris
Avila (164) vs. Brandon
Jenkins (164.2)