Ronda Rousey Earns $2.2 Million in Netflix MMA Debut as Gina Carano Takes $1.05 Million
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Updated · USA TODAY · May 17
Ronda Rousey Earns $2.2 Million in Netflix MMA Debut as Gina Carano Takes $1.05 Million
4 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · May 17
$2.2 million went to Ronda Rousey after she submitted Gina Carano in 17 seconds in the Netflix-headlined card at Inglewood's Intuit Dome; Carano earned $1.05 million.
At least $40,000 was paid to every fighter on the five-fight card, with Francis Ngannou collecting $1.5 million, Nate Diaz $500,000 and Mike Perry $400,000.
Four of the five bouts ended in the first round, including Ngannou's knockout of Philipe Lins and Robelis Despaigne's stoppage of Junior dos Santos.
The Diaz-Perry fight was the only one to reach a second round before being stopped, leaving the disclosed purses as one of the clearest measures of Netflix's first official MMA broadcast.
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