Ronda Rousey vs Gina Carano fight: Rousey wins with a 17-second submission
Key takeaways
- Rousey won the fight with her signature armbar lock, forcing Carano into submission just 17 seconds into the bout.
- After a hype-filled build-up, the bout on Saturday was a jarring anti-climax, with Rousey flooring Carano almost immediately before wrestling her into an armbar to end the fight.
- Carano had parlayed her success into a Hollywood career, appearing in several action movie roles, but had not fought since 2009 before her appearance in Saturday’s featherweight bout.
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Rousey won the fight with her signature armbar lock, forcing Carano into submission just 17 seconds into the bout.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano shared an emotional embrace after their fight in California [Patrick T Fallon/AFP]By AFP and Reuters Published On 17 May 202617 May 2026Mixed martial arts (MMA) star Ronda Rousey has re-retired after demolishing fellow combat sports trailblazer Gina Carano in their long-awaited non-title comeback bout in Los Angeles, defeating her rival by armbar after just 17 seconds.
After a hype-filled build-up, the bout on Saturday was a jarring anti-climax, with Rousey flooring Carano almost immediately before wrestling her into an armbar to end the fight.