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Ronda Rousey, Gina Carano make weight for MVP MMA main event, Francis Ngannou has 37-pound advantage

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Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano is on

Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano are officially set for a duel of women’s MMA legends. At Friday’s official weigh-ins for the first MVP MMA show on Netflix, Rousey and Carano both successfully weighed in Saturday’s featherweight main event. Rousey came in at 142 pounds and Carano was also well under the 145-pound limit at 141.

4 pounds. This was the first weigh-in for Rousey since her last UFC fight in 2016 and Carano’s first since she stepped away from competition in 2009. Watch the headliners weigh in below.

View this post on Instagram View this post on Instagram Fan favorites Nate Diaz and Mike Perry also weighed in without issue for the welterweight co-main event, with Diaz registering at 168. 6 pounds and Perry at 169. 6.

The third major bout of the billed triple-header features former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou taking on 2018 PFL tournament winner Philipe Lins, and as expected, Ngannou will enter the cage Saturday with a massive size advantage. Ngannou officially weighed in at 257 pounds, almost 37 pounds heavier than Lins (220. 6).