Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano final faceoffs: Rousey brings the fire in last staredown of legendary career

Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano have cleared their final step before their historic Netflix comebacks.

The two women’s MMA pioneers took the stage Friday evening for the ceremonial weigh-ins at the Intuit Dome Outdoor Plaza in Inglewood, California. Rousey and Carano, in addition to the other 20 fighters on the MVP MMA card, squared off for their final face-offs and made their final pre-fight remarks, with Rousey stating definitively that it would be the last weigh-in of her legendary MMA career.

After a pre-fight build-up full of love and respect between the two headliners, Friday’s final stare-down brought an element of tension that previous face-offs hadn’t.

“Usually I’m just trying to just skip through this part and get to the end,” Rousey said afterward. “But man, it’s really cool to be here. Thank you guys for all coming out. This is my very last weigh-in, I’m glad you could all be a part of it, and I can’t wait to kick some ass tomorrow.”

Rousey, 39, and Carano, 44, both successfully made weight Friday morning for their women’s featherweight clash. Rousey tipped the scales at 142 pounds for the non-title bout, while Carano came in a tad lighter at 141.4 pounds. Afterward, Carano revealed that she lost 100 pounds in the 20 months since the Rousey fight first came onto her radar.

“I got paranoid,” Carano said with a laugh when asked why she tipped the scales so significantly under the bout’s 146-pound limit. “What I have to say about that is, never give up, set some goals. I had no idea I could get down to 141. I got lighter than Ronda today, that was pretty cool. So live your dreams, don’t give up on yourself, do the hard thing. That was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but here I am. And that was the first victory — I’m going to give you another victory tomorrow night.”

“I wasn’t surprised at all,” Rousey added of Carano’s weight loss. “I believed in her from the very beginning. I’m glad she proved everybody wrong and we’re going to prove everyone wrong together tomorrow. And I’m going to prove everyone right who thinks I’m going to win.”

Rousey vs. Carano is set to take place inside Los Angeles’ Intuit Dome. The card, which also features the MMA returns of former UFC stars Nate Diaz, Francis Ngannou and Mike Perry, will be broadcast live on Netflix — the first MMA event for the streaming giant.

Rousey last competed in MMA in 2017, while Carano has been inactive since walking away from the sport to focus on acting in 2009.

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