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Rousey's return draws US-record MMA viewership for Netflix

Social Life · 2026-05-20T00:19:48.000Z

The first live MMA event broadcast on Netflix - featuring a double-comeback bout between Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano - attracted the most U.S. viewers in the sport's history. Net…

The first live MMA event broadcast on Netflix - featuring a double-comeback bout between Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano - attracted the most U.S. viewers in the sport's history. Netflix and Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions reported on Tuesday that Saturday's event in Inglewood, California, drew as many as 17 million viewers worldwide, including a peak of 11.6 million in the U.S. The U.S. figure surpassed the previous MMA record of 8.8 million in 2011 for UFC on FOX 1. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/rouseys-return-draws-us-record-001948783.html