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05/19/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/19/2026 15:15

NETFLIX VIEWERSHIP PEAKS WITH NEARLY 17 MILLION GLOBAL VIEWERS FOR MVP MMA’S ROUSEY VS. CARANO, AVERAGING 12.4 MILLION VIEWERS ACROSS THE TRIPLE MAIN EVENT

NETFLIX VIEWERSHIP PEAKS WITH NEARLY 17 MILLION GLOBAL VIEWERS FOR MVP MMA'S ROUSEY VS. CARANO, AVERAGING 12.4 MILLION VIEWERS ACROSS THE TRIPLE MAIN EVENT

The fight card was presented by Nakisa Bidarian and Jake Paul for Most Valuable Promotions

  • In the Netflix and MVP blockbuster live triple-main event on Saturday, 16 May at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California:

    • Ronda Rousey (13-2, 10 Submissions, 3 KOs) defeated Gina Carano (7-2, 1 Submission, 3 KOs) in 17 seconds via armbar submission.

    • The "King of Violence" Mike Perry (15-8, 11 KOs) won against Nate Diaz (22-14, 14 Submissions, 4 KOs) by TKO after the referee stopped the fight before the third round.

    • Francis Ngannou (19-3, 4 Submissions, 14 KOs) knocked out Brazil's Philipe Lins (18-6, 4 Submissions, 9 KOs) in the first round.

  • The triple-main card scored an estimated average minute audience (AMA) of 12.4 million Live+1 viewers globally, per VideoAmp, G&G Closed Circuit Events and Netflix. Viewership peaked with nearly 17 million viewers watching the Rousey vs. Carano fight.

  • In the US, the triple-main card averaged 9.3M viewers.

  • Rousey vs. Carano generated 1 billion impressions across Netflix's global social channels.

  • The fight dominated the trending topics on X in the United States with #RouseyCarano taking the #1 spot all evening, alongside related terms like Nate Diaz, Jake Paul, MVP MMA, and Netflix MMA. Globally, the fight was the #1 trend in Brazil and #3 in the UK.

  • The fight attracted a star-studded ringside audience including Michael Irvin, Tommy Lee, Barry Bonds, Sebastian Maniscalco, James Cameron, Marshawn Lynch, Jon Jones, DIPLO, Anderson Silva, Dax Shepard, Lilly Singh, Carmen Electra, David Spade, Big Boy, CM Punk, Alycia Baumgardner, Puka Nacua, Jared Verse, Cameron Dallas, Netflix's Nemesis stars Matthew Law and Y'lan Noel, and more.

  • Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano is the latest live, can't-miss event on Netflix. Upcoming live events include five NFL games this season , WWE Raw , MLB Home Run Derby and Field of Dreams , and more.

  • Rousey vs. Carano marks Netflix's fourth live event with Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) - following Paul vs. Tyson , Taylor vs. Serrano III , and Paul vs. Joshua .

  • Rousey vs. Carano was produced by Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) and EverWonder.

  • Full event results are available at tudum.com .

Total viewership Live+1 AMA estimates are derived from VideoAmp data in the US (In-Home, Live+1), G&G Closed Circuit Events (US), and first-party data ex-US.

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