Broadcasting to a global Netflix audience, card is headlined by a monumental clash between former UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and Strikeforce icon Gina Carano. Saturday event in Inglewood, Calif., sees the Jake Paul-backed, primarily boxing-based promotion finally try its hand at mixed martial arts.
Both Rousey (12-2 MMA) and Carano (7-1 MMA) forged unique paths to this stage, diverging heavily from the traditional combat-sports trajectory. Rousey walked away from the Octagon in December 2016 following a first-round loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 207, a failed comeback bid 13 months after dropping her bantamweight title to Holly Holm at UFC 193.
