Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano will headline Netflix's first live mixed martial arts event at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Saturday in a comeback fight Carano says has 'changed my life but also saved my life' following her firing by Disney and a 100-pound weight loss.
The 44-year-old former MMA pioneer turned actress has spent much of the past decade away from the cage, building a second career in Hollywood. Her most high-profile role came as Cara Dune in Disney's Star Wars spinoff The Mandalorian, where she appeared to have secured a long-term franchise future. That unravelled in 2021 when Lucasfilm cut ties with her following social media posts in which she compared being a Republican in the US to being Jewish during the Holocaust.
