Tonight, Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano will emerge from retirement to square off in an unexpected mixed-martial-arts (MMA) showdown.<\/p>\n
Ngannou, a former UFC heavyweight champion, knocked out Philipe Lins in trademark fashion in round one. Then, Diaz was pulled from his bout with Mike Perry after the latter bloodied the UFC icon badly. <\/p>\n
Follow live updates and results from Rousey vs Carano, Ngannou vs Lins, and Diaz vs Perry, below:<\/p>\n
Rousey speaks on possibility of another fight\u201cThere\u2019s no way I could have ended it better than this. I want to have some more babies, and I\u2019ve got to get cooking.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alex Pattle17 May 2026 05:20<\/p>\n
Rousey speaks on victory\u201cI was hoping to come out as unscathed as possible, because I didn\u2019t really wanna hurt her.<\/p>\n
\u201cLuckily it was just beautiful martial arts, I think that\u2019s what that was. It\u2019s an art.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy husband and kids are watching, I didn\u2019t want to put them through any more.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alex Pattle17 May 2026 05:14<\/p>\n
Rousey speaks on victory\u201cGina is the person who brought me into MMA, she\u2019s the only person who could\u2019ve brought me back. She\u2019s my f***ing hero, man. You changed my world, and we changed the world. I will never be able to pay you back enough.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody here, everybody at home watching, you are what gives this value. You are giving the fighters our power back, thanks so much for caring about us. We\u2019ll fight for you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alex Pattle17 May 2026 05:13<\/p>\n
Rousey and Carano in emotional embraceThey\u2019re officially saying 17 seconds for the stoppage.<\/p>\n
Rousey and Carano are in tears, embracing. Carano smiles away the defeat.<\/p>\n
Alex Pattle17 May 2026 05:10<\/p>\n
ROUSEY SUBMITS CARANO IN 15 SECONDSBoth women stand orthodox. <\/p>\n
Rousey shoots for a body-lock takedown immediately and gets it! <\/p>\n
Carano tries to defend with a guillotine choke, but she can\u2019t secure it.<\/p>\n
Rousey pops her head out and is in mount now, and she goes for her signature armbar…<\/p>\n
THERE\u2019S THE TAP! 15 SECONDS!<\/p>\n
Alex Pattle17 May 2026 05:07<\/p>\n
Rousey vs Carano: Round oneAnd we\u2019re off!!<\/p>\n
Alex Pattle17 May 2026 05:03<\/p>\n
Rousey vs Carano ring walks under way!Carano almost skipped to the ring, touching the hands of the fans. <\/p>\n
Now here\u2019s Rousey, wasting no time and wearing a MEAN expression.<\/p>\n
Alex Pattle17 May 2026 05:00<\/p>\n
Carano on Rousey, Musk\u2019s legal help… and a return to acting?When Gina Carano dialed into our Zoom call, she was celebrating her 44th birthday. Not actively celebrating \u2013 there was no music, no balloons, no oversized badge pinned to a dress \u2013 but this was the day.<\/p>\n
Seated at a desk in a modestly-decorated room, sporting a black jumper, she seemed at peace. They say life begins at 40, but at 44, she is about to start her fighting life all over again.<\/p>\n
Still, it was in the year she turned 40 that Carano got married, unbeknownst to the wider world, and this fresh decade has already been characterised by one of the most fraught chapters in her life: there was the tweet, the firing, and then the lawsuit.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a lot to delve into, so here\u2019s our interview with Carano:<\/p>\n
Alex Pattle17 May 2026 04:52<\/p>\n
Rousey reflects on Holm and Nunes KOs: \u2018It\u2019s finally caught up to me\u2019Here\u2019s what Rousey told The Independent specifically about her last two fights \u2013 KO defeats by Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes:<\/p>\n
\u201cI was having neurological issues, and I was getting hit and basically losing chunks of my vision, depth perception, ability to track moving objects, to think clearly.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, after my first loss, I was like: \u2018F***, it\u2019s finally caught up to me. I\u2019m never gonna be able to compete at the highest level again.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cBut there were a lot of other factors. I had a bad mouthguard, stuff like that. My teeth got knocked loose, the very first punch of the [Holm] fight, so I convinced myself: \u2018Maybe it was just that.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cBut then the same thing [against Nunes]: the first time I got hit, I couldn\u2019t see.\u201d<\/p>\n
More here:<\/p>\n
Alex Pattle17 May 2026 04:49<\/p>\n
The inside story of Rousey\u2019s rise and fall: \u2018Constant insanity\u2019Ahead of Rousey\u2019s first fight in 10 years, Alex Pattle spoke to the controversial icon herself, her opponent Gina Carano, promoter Nakisa Bidarian, and journalist Chuck Mindenhall…<\/p>\n
Ronda Rousey sits at a table in a spacious, modern kitchen, a bowl of cream of wheat reflecting in her thick-framed glasses. She feels the need to apologise for her bespectacled look; she\u2019s been staring at a screen too long today, she explains, and our Zoom call will only extend that trend.<\/p>\n
In the background, her husband Travis walks by carrying one of their two young daughters, whisking her away so Rousey can speak without distraction.<\/p>\n
She\u2019s sitting in a house that her MMA career built. Some would argue modern MMA is the house that Ronda Rousey built.<\/p>\n
Full article:<\/p>\n
Alex Pattle17 May 2026 04:46<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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