Early on in the promotion of Rousey vs. Carano, this Saturday’s MMA debut on Netflix, the narrative was that Ronda Rousey had seen Gina Carano looking in less than ideal shape, and wanted to give her a goal to work towards.
Of that, their fight was born.
Turns out, there was a lot of truth to it. On Friday, after successfully weighing in at 141.4lbs for the pair’s featherweight fight at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, Carano revealed that she had lost one hundred pounds preparing for the bout.
100. Pounds.
In a widely-viewed post on social media, the former star of The Mandalorian wrote that “Since Sept 2024 to today, May 15, 2026, I have lost 100lbs. It hurts to say that and share but I am going to share it because I worked so damn hard every week for over a year and a half to shed this weight. It did not happen overnight. If it wasn’t for having this incredibly challenging goal in fighting Ronda Rousey I most definitely wouldn’t have reached this.”
Carano continued by revealing that “I was pre-diabetic, had trouble simply walking in September 2024 and have been on the path to recovery to turn myself back into an athlete since then. It was hard, SO damn hard.. there was so much to learn, too much to unpack here, ups, downs, plateaus, things I learned late I wish I learned earlier, trial by error but I did it. Thank you to Ronda, who waited patiently while I lost this weight and giving me something to aim for.”
“There is still so much I need to learn and want to do in the health space and to continue transforming my body, but for today, I thank God, my husband and my family for sticking with and encouraging me the whole way. I pray this encourages you wherever you are in your health journey. Believe there is hope. Never give up. Ok.. enough emo, I’ve got a fight tomorrow. We’ve worked so hard to get here. Tune in!!”
Rousey and Carano face off in the main event of MVP MMA’s card at the Intuit Dome on Saturday, which also features Nate Diaz vs. Mike Perry, plus Francis Ngannou vs. Philipe Lins among other match-ups.
