Rousey needed a mere 17 seconds to secure her signature arm bar on Carano in the main event
Rousey followed the method that defined her entire career as a superstar in Strikeforce and UFC, finding an arm and taking it home in a heartbeat.
Rousey came out, secured a takedown and quickly ended up in mount. Rousey then threw a few punches before locking in an armbar and forcing Carano to tap out at the 17-second mark of Round 1.
Carano was fighting for the first time since her TKO loss to Cris Cyborg in 2009, while Rousey was fighting for the first time in a decade after back-to-back knockout losses to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes. As expected, the more complete fighter was able to pick up the win.
The submission marked Rousey’s ninth career victory in less than one minute.
“Gina is the person who brought me into MMA and the only person who could have brought me back into MMA,” Rousey said after the fight. “… You changed my world and we changed the world. I mean, I was hoping to come out as unscathed as possible because I didn’t really want to hurt her. Luckily, it was just beautiful martial arts, that’s what I think that efficiency is.”
Rousey shut down the idea of coming back for another fight after her victory.
“There’s no way I could have ended it better than this,” Rousey said. “I want to have some more babies, and I’ve got to get cooking.”
Carano seemed less interested in calling it a career, saying she wished she’d been matched against a striker, rather than a former Olympic medalist in judo.
“I wanted that to last longer,” Carano said. “I felt like I was so ready, I felt so good … I wanted to hit her. Getting in the cage was a victory.”
CBS Sports was with you throughout the night with live updates, results and round-by-round scoring of MVP MMA 1 from Los Angeles below.
Rousey vs. Carano fight card, results
- Ronda Rousey def. Gina Carano via first-round submission (armbar)
- Mike Perry def. Nate Diaz via second-round TKO (corner stoppage)
- Francis Ngannou def. Philipe Lins via first-round knockout (punch)
- Salahdine Parnasse def. Kenneth Cross via first-round TKO (punches)
- Robelis Despaigne def. Junior dos Santos via first-round knockout (punches)
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