Condom Depot comeback?!?!? ‘Rousey vs. Carano’ fighters allowed to rock (and bank) exclusive sponsors for historic Netflix MMA event
Mixed martial arts (MMA) sponsors are back … kind of. At least for this weekend’s MVP MMA 1: Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano event, which goes down this weekend (Sat.
, May 16, 2026), inside Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California. For longtime MMA fans, sponsor-covered shorts were once a staple of the sport. Companies like […]
NEWCASTLE, UK - JANUARY 19: Fabricio Werdum (tight shorts) def. Gabriel Gonzaga (board shorts) - TKO - 4:34 round 2 during the UFC 80 at Metro Radio Arena on January 19, 2008 in Newcastle,United Kingdom. (Photo by: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) | Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Mixed martial arts (MMA) sponsors are back … kind of.
At least for this weekend’s MVP MMA 1: Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano event, which goes down this weekend (Sat. , May 16, 2026), inside Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California.
For longtime MMA fans, sponsor-covered shorts were once a staple of the sport. Companies like Bad Boy, Affliction, Hayabusa, Dynamic Fastener, and countless others (like Condom Depot) helped fighters make extra money — and in many cases, the sponsorship cash exceeded the actual fight purse. That’s why fighters were furious when the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) introduced its exclusive uniform deal with Reebok in 2015 , later transitioning to Venom, eliminating nearly all independent sponsorships during fight week.