Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey, has not competed in over nine years and hasn’t seen the win column in more than a decade. She’s still going to destroy Gina Carano, who’s been inactive since losing to Cris Cyborg under the Strikeforce banner back in summer 2009.
That’s according to the Rousey vs. Carano odds, which opened earlier today after MVP announced the May 16 super fight at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. “Rowdy” jumped out to a -700 betting favorite against +525 for “Conviction,” spurring an influx of early money for the underdog.
Carano has since managed to shrink that line to -400/+330, according to BetOnline.ag.
Despite her absence from the fight game, Rousey (12-2) is a former Olympian and lifelong judo specialist with a submission game that led to nine taps (and a few broken wings) in 12 victories. Carano (7-1) helped blaze the trail that Rousey later followed, but never faced elite competition outside of Cyborg.
Probably because there wasn’t any in the early days of women’s MMA.
Rousey vs. Carano is being promoted by Jake Paul’s MVP outfit and marks the first time MVP has staged an MMA card. Whether or not they can meet or exceed the metal-mania that came before them remains to be seen, but at least it’s free for current Netflix subscribers.
