The event is being promoted by Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) and will be broadcast live on Netflix.
It also features former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou taking on Philipe Lins and fan favourite Nate Diaz facing Mike Perry.
Nakisa Bidarian, who co-founded MVP alongside Paul, compares the event with Paul’s fight with Mike Tyson in 2024, which was the first boxing contest broadcast live on Netflix and laid the foundations for future events on the platform.
Not only is Rousey headlining the card, she has played a key role in shaping it, playing the role of promoter and matchmaker behind the scenes.
This isn’t just a Ronda Rousey fight, it is the Ronda Rousey show.
“Her quote was, ‘I can’t be your Conor [McGregor], but I can be your Dana [White]’,” said Bidarian.
“She has demonstrated an ability to own the promotion, to deliver unbelievable, engaging content, and most importantly, she loves the game.
“She’ll text me 20, 30 times every other day around specific fighters, or specific fights, and why this match-up would be great.”
Rousey has criticised how much the UFC pays its fighters, saying she wants to help “challenge the monolith” it has become.
In the UFC, under 20% of revenue goes to fighter pay while in boxing, fighters can expect to receive as much as 60% of event revenue.
Bidarian says the minimum payment for every fighter on the card will be $40,000 (£28,800), before performance-based bonuses.
In comparison, the UFC pays about $12,000 (£8,960) to $20,000 (£14,900), plus performance-based bonuses, to its entry-level fighters.
“It’s so much more meaningful now because previously it would have just affected our careers but now it’s affecting the sport’s future,” said Rousey.
“It has become bigger than us.
“It’s about giving them their power back and reminding people it’s about the fighters.”
