Ronda Rousey’s Comeback: The Untold Truth Behind Netflix’s First MMA Fight & What Happens Next

Ronda Rousey | Full Interview with Sibley Scoles | ALL THE SMOKE FIGHT

MMA pioneer and Hall of Famer, Ronda Rousey, sits down with Sibley Scoles for her first-ever ALL THE SMOKE FIGHT interview, days out from her comeback fight against Gina Carano on Netflix May 16. This isn’t a press-tour victory lap — Ronda goes scorched earth on the future of combat sports, the executive she says created his own greatest rival, and the modern fighters she believes are squandering everything the women before them built.

Ronda tells the full Hunter Campbell origin story and how that fateful meeting lit the fuse on the entire Netflix project years later. She breaks down why she calls modern fighters out for “doing only a quarter of the job,” explains why Paddy Pimblett is the one current-day star she’d reach out to next, and lays out her vision through MVP and Netflix to make every viewer at home a matchmaker.

Plus: Ronda on first camp with newborns, the new mentality that has her enjoying the journey for the first time, the Combat Sport Future Fund and minimum $40K fighter pay on the May 16 card, and an emotional photo review covering her mom’s 1984 World Championship, the ESPN Body Issue, her babies on the mats, and the dad who told her she was “a sleeper, gonna show everybody.”

Ronda Rousey vs Gina Carano, May 16, only on Netflix.

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00:00:00 Intro & Welcome
00:00:42 Life as a Fighter Mom
00:01:54 This Camp Is Different
00:02:34 Experience Over Results
00:04:17 The Epiphany Moment
00:06:31 Changing the Industry
00:08:54 MVP & Netflix Partnership
00:10:44 Future in Promotion
00:12:22 The UFC Story
00:15:55 Back in Camp
00:19:00 Being Like Her Mom
00:21:15 Message to Current Fighters
00:24:13 Fighter Pay & The Combat Sport Future Fund
00:27:15 Paddy Pimblett & The Future of MMA
00:30:53 The Perfect Headline After Carano Fight
00:33:01 Legacy in Photos
00:39:31 Message to the Fans
00:41:10 Outro

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