Combat sports promoter shuts down critics that Ronda Rousey's comeback fight was scripted

Ronda Rousey turned backmost the timepiece aft being retired of the Octagon for astir a decade.

Arguably the top women's mixed martial creator ever, Rousey fought Gina Carano connected Saturday aft not warring since Dec. 30, 2016, and she looked similar her vintage self.

Rousey got Carano successful an limb barroom and earned a triumph by submission conscionable 17 seconds into the fight. It was the 13th triumph of her career, and the 10th that came wrong the archetypal 70 seconds. All but 1 of Rousey's victories came successful the archetypal round.

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Ronda Rousey and hubby Travis Browne clasp aft Rousey defeated Gina Carano successful her featherweight bout during the main paper of Netflix's Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano astatine Intuit Dome connected May 16, 2026 successful Inglewood, California. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images for Netflix)

However, immoderate critics accidental the event, tally by Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions, was scripted. Paul is hardly a alien to those allegations, but the ones regarding Rousey-Carano reached a caller level for Paul's concern partner, Nakisa Bidarian.

"I deliberation the Jake Paul allegations are much outlandish, honestly. With Ronda, it’s conscionable a deficiency of cognition from radical who don't cognize who she is oregon what she does," Bidarian, who has dismissed akin allegations successful the past, said successful a caller interrogation with Fox News Digital.

Ronda Rousey defeated Gina Carano by submission with a first-round armbar astatine the 17-second people during their featherweight bout astatine the Intuit Dome successful Inglewood, California, connected May 16, 2026. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu)

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"If you deliberation astir it, wherefore would anyone successful our concern hole a combat to past lone 17 seconds? This was world -- idiosyncratic supremely prepared imposing her will."

Simply put, Rousey came backmost and did "what she's done truthful galore times."

"Ronda holds record-setting summons income for pistillate combat athletes, and it was astonishing to spot her execute astatine that level again aft truthful galore years. I’m disappointed for Gina due to the fact that she enactment successful a batch of enactment but didn't get to show her skills aft falling into Ronda's trap," Bidarian added.

And though the critics are retired aft MVP's archetypal MMA fight, Bidarian said determination is much to come.

Ronda Rousey looks connected earlier her featherweight bout against Gina Carano during the main paper of Netflix's Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano astatine Intuit Dome successful Inglewood, California, connected May 16, 2026. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images for Netflix)

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"MVP MMA volition beryllium back," Bidarian said. "We are moving feverishly connected the future. We judge we person a peculiar 'fighter-first' brand, and determination is intelligibly a request for more, which we are going to deliver."

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