Gina Carano has officially weighed in for her featherweight fight with Ronda Rousey after shedding a staggering 100 pounds ahead of their bout at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.
Carano hit the scale at 141.4 pounds for the matchup, which takes place Saturday and streams on Netflix as the platform’s first foray into MMA.
Detailing her transformation, Carano said, "Since Sept 2024 to today, May 15, 2026, I have lost 100lbs." She added, "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. I was pre-diabetic, had trouble simply walking in September and have been on the path to recovery to turn myself back into an athlete since then."
Carano also described the grind behind the cut: "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."
It has been nearly 17 years since Carano last competed in a fight. She was described as the first mainstream women's MMA star before Ronda Rousey arrived in the UFC.
