Jon Jones forms part of star-studded broadcast team for Ronda Rousey vs Gina Carano Netflix showdown

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Netflix has announced a star-studded broadcast team for Saturday’s women’s MMA super fight between Ronda Rousey vs Gina Carano.The streaming platform has pulled out all the stops for its first foray into the sport, live from the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.Rousey and Carano will both end long streaks away from MMA when they fight in LAShutterstock EditorialNetflix’s Elle Duncan leads the desk alongside former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and veteran combat sports reporter Ariel Helwani.All of the action will be called blow-by-blow by the iconic voice of PRIDE FC, Mauro Ranallo, with three-time UFC title challenger Kenny Florian in support and Sean Wheelock overseeing the rules and scoring.Expert analysis will also be provided by two-weight UFC champion Jon Jones, former UFC heavyweight titlist Cain Velasquez, and women’s MMA pioneer Cat Zingano.Kody ‘Big Mo’ Mommaerts re-assumes his role as the announcer for another Netflix showcase, while Sibley Scoles acts as the backstage reporter.The event is being promoted by Jake Paul‘s Most Valuable Promotions, which has staged four of the six combat sports cards that have been broadcast on Netflix.Rousey had initially been in discussions with Dana White about facing Carano in the UFC.However, the UFC became a bad fit after ditching its PPV business model to join Paramount+.What did Rousey say about talks with the UFC?“I have much love and respect for Dana [White]. I wanted to bring this to him first,” said Rousey at the launch press conference in March.“I said, ‘I know I can do this on my own, but I’d rather do this for you than just for me’.“We were going to do it on New Year’s; it was going to be the last fight on the pay-per-view model, and I was so grateful.Full Rousey vs Carano undercardMAIN EVENT: Ronda Rousey vs Gina Carano – Women’s FeatherweightFrancis Ngannou vs Philipe Lins – HeavyweightNate Diaz vs Mike Perry – WelterweightJunior dos Santos vs Robelis Despaigne – HeavyweightSalahdine Parnasse vs Kenny Cross – LightweightDavid Mgoyan vs Adriano Moraes – FlyweightJefferson Creighton vs Jason Jackson – WelterweightNamo Fazil vs Jake Babian – WelterweightDavid Mgoyan vs Albert Morales – FeatherweightAline Pereira vs Jade Masson-Wong – Women’s Catchweight (130lbs)“But Gina said she needed more time to get into the best shape possible and be the best version of herself, and that was fate and meant to be.“Once the UFC moved into the streaming model, it’s not about putting on the best fights possible anymore.“Dana is legally beholden to the shareholders and to maximise shareholder value.“Unfortunately, now they’ve taken the reins of the company away from him, it’s barely recognisable now.“They need to be saving themselves, and luckily, I’m here to be their hero.“I let Dana know before anybody else that I’d gone to Netflix, and I didn’t want him to be upset with me.“He said, ‘I could never be upset with you, I want you to do great, I want you to be successful’.“He’s been my friend first before anything else, and I think that most of my criticisms of the UFC now are because Dana isn’t running things the way he wants because he’s an employee of the company now, not the owner.”