Rousey: Comeback bout against Carano is the biggest MMA fight of all time

Ronda Rousey described next month's comeback bout against Gina Carano as the biggest mixed martial arts fight of all time and said it would be a pivotal moment for the sport.



Rousey, the first U.S. woman to win an Olympic medal in judo after claiming bronze at the 2008 Beijing Games, was the first female fighter inducted into the UFC's Hall of Fame. She successfully defended her bantamweight title six times before being stunned by Holly Holm in 2015.



"This is not just the biggest women's fight of all time ... This is something that's going to happen once in a lifetime in MMA, is the beginning of something huge," Rousey told a press conference on Wednesday.



The 39-year-old said the fight was not "nostalgia bait or a cash grab" but pointed to the commercial success of Mike Tyson's fight against Jake Paul as evidence that fight fans are still interested in watching big names return to the ring.



Rousey's fight with Carano marks boxing promotion company MVP's debut in MMA and will stream live on Netflix on May 16.