Rousey won the fight with her signature armbar lock, forcing Carano into submission just 17 seconds into the bout.By AFP and ReutersPublished On 17 May 202617 May 2026Mixed martial arts (MMA) star Ronda Rousey has retired again after demolishing fellow combat sports trailblazer Gina Carano in their long-awaited nontitle 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 anticlimax, with Rousey flooring Carano almost immediately before wrestling her into an armbar to end the fight.American stars Rousey, 39, and Carano, 44, are widely regarded as two of the most prominent female fighters in MMA history, helping to take the sport into the mainstream during their fighting heydays more than a decade ago.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.Rousey, a 2008 Olympics judo bronze medallist who subsequently found huge success in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), retired from the sport in 2016 after suffering back-to-back defeats against Amanda Nunes and Holly Holm. Gina Carano and Ronda Rousey stand with referee John McCarthy after their featherweight bout [Sarah Stier/Getty Images via AFP]The fighters were lured back into the cage for Saturday’s card at the Intuit Dome with the promise of a bumper payday that will reportedly see each fighter earn several million dollars from the streaming giant.Rousey (13-2-0 MMA) secured her 10th submission win, returning to the cage following an exit fr …
