Overview
- Rousey vs. Carano is scheduled for May 16 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, in a professionally sanctioned featherweight bout streamed by Netflix under Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions.
- Rousey says Dr. Charles Bernick told her scans showed no structural brain damage and attributed her prior symptoms to migraine aura, also known as cortical spreading depression.
- She reports beginning a preventative migraine medication that she believes could help manage the episodes that previously followed even light strikes.
- California’s athletic commission says both Rousey and Carano must complete extensive neurological and other medical testing before receiving clearance to compete.
- After talks with the UFC fell through, Rousey signed with MVP; she has posted new pad-work footage as fans debate her striking, and Alexander Volkanovski lauded the Netflix stage as positive for MMA’s reach.