Ronda Rousey sounds off on ageism: 'It's not like my f*cking ovaries are fighting'
To say Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano haven't fought in ages would be fair, but don't go talking negative about their age.
To say Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano haven't fought in ages would be fair. But if you criticize their age in front of Rousey, you do so at your own risk. When Rousey and Carano step into the cage for their Netflix live-streamed MMA fight on May 16 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.
, it will have been almost 10 years since the UFC Hall of Famer competed in a fistfight. And for Carano, even longer: almost 17 years. Rousey is 39 now, and Carano turned 44 on April 16.
Their age, along with their extended years away from the sport, has critics wondering why they should tune in to a fight that might not look polished or competitive – a notion that Rousey definitely takes umbrage with and hints at being rooted in sexism. "I say that nobody's bringing up Jon Jones' age as a disqualifying factor or Francis Ngannou, you know? " Rousey said during an interview on "The Breakfast Club" podcast.
"And I'm actually more fresh. They've been fighting more often, and their bodies are more broken down, and I've actually been able to recover a lot over this time. What really set me apart as a fighter was my mastery of martial arts.