Ronda Rousey returning to fighting after nearly 10-year hiatus: 'This is for all MMA fans'

The "Baddest Woman connected the Planet" is back.

After past warring successful mixed martial arts connected Dec. 30, 2016, Ronda Rousey volition beryllium backmost successful the cage connected May 16 against Gina Carano.

Rousey, the archetypal pistillate signed by the UFC who became a Hall of Famer successful 2018, retired successful 2016 aft six palmy UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship defenses earlier entering WWE full-time.

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UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey interacts with the assemblage during the UFC Time Is Now property league astatine The Smith Center for the Performing Arts connected Nov. 17, 2014, successful Las Vegas, Nevada. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

The 39-year-old has wrestled sporadically since but is present coming location May 16 astatine the Intuit Dome successful Inglewood, California.

"This is for each MMA fans past, contiguous and future. More to come… overmuch more," Rousey said successful a release.

Carano has not fought since 2009 and went into acting.

"Ronda came to maine and said determination is lone 1 idiosyncratic she would marque a comeback for and it has been her imagination to marque this combat hap betwixt us," Carano, who owned a 7-1 grounds from 2006 to 2009, said. "She thanked maine for opening up doors for her successful her vocation and was respectful successful asking for this combat to happen. This is an honor. I judge I volition locomotion retired of this combat with the triumph and I expect it volition not travel easy, which I welcome. This is arsenic overmuch for Ronda and maine arsenic it is for the fans and mixed martial arts community. What a clip to beryllium alive."

UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey celebrates defeating Alexis Davis aft their UFC women's bantamweight title combat astatine UFC 175 wrong the Mandalay Bay Events Center connected July 5, 2014, successful Las Vegas, Nevada.   (Donald Miralle/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

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The combat volition beryllium broadcast connected Netflix done Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions, which besides promoted each 3 Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano fights.

"MVP has ever been driven by disruption and delivering the biggest moments successful combat sports connected a planetary scale, and contiguous we are officially bringing that vigor to MMA for the archetypal time," Paul and his concern partner, Nakisa Bidarian, said. "Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano are the 2 astir formative figures successful the past of women’s MMA; they are the icons who shattered the solid ceiling and helped physique the instauration this athletics stands on. 

"MVP's condemnation successful women’s boxing was driven by the occurrence achieved by Ronda Rousey, who was the biggest prima of the full athletics of MMA during her career. Following the unprecedented occurrence of our boxing partnership, we are proving that MVP and Netflix tin make blockbuster unrecorded events successful aggregate sports that prosecute fans crossed generations. This is what we do."

UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey punches Alexis Davis successful their UFC women's bantamweight title combat astatine UFC 175 wrong the Mandalay Bay Events Center connected July 5, 2014, successful Las Vegas, Nevada.  (Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

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Rousey’s MMA grounds got disconnected to a 12-0 commencement earlier she mislaid her last 2 bouts to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes, respectively. 

Nine of Rousey’s 12 victories came wrong the archetypal 70 seconds, and each but 1 was successful the archetypal round.

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