Jake Paul expects Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano to be most-watched MMA event in history: 'I'd be happy with 20 million'
Jake Paul understandably has high expectations for the first MMA event on Netflix.
MMA will air on Netflix for the first time this Saturday, May 16, when Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) takes the sport to Los Angeles’ Intuit Dome for what is expected to be a historic night. Legendary women’s pioneers Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano headline MVP’s MMA debut alongside former UFC staples Nate Diaz and Francis Ngannou. Speaking on Monday’s edition of “The Ariel Helwani Show,” Paul said he expects the event to shatter the viewership record for an MMA event, as none has surpassed the 10 million mark.
"We believe that this event is going to be extremely successful — one of the most-viewed MMA events,” Paul told Uncrowned. “We love promotion. We love disrupting.
We love helping fighters, and this has already been such a massive success and the fights haven't even happened yet, so I know it's only upside from here. Me and [MVP co-founder] Nakisa [Bidarian] are both motivated to keep disrupting MMA. "Making a prediction is always fun, just to see how accurate you could be in terms of the viewership.
But I don't know, man. I know it's going to do amazing, but I also think there's something parabolic that could happen here, where it even shocks us with how big it is. "I’d be happy with 20 million.