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WEIGHING IN

Carano vs Rousey Fight Card Final Thoughts

WEIGHING IN

John McCarthy & Josh Thomson's MMA Show

Sports

4.6531 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The MVP Promotions Netflix card featuring Gina Carano and Ronda Rousey has everyone talking — and we’re going LIVE with final thoughts before fight night! On this LIVE episode of Weighing In, Josh Thomson gives his final breakdown and reactions to the massive MVP card, including the highly anticipated matchup between Nate Diaz and Mike Perry, along with the rest of the stacked lineup headed to Netflix. Josh discusses the biggest storylines, the fights he’s most excited for, what these matchups mean for combat sports, and how this event could change the landscape for crossover fight cards moving forward. We’ll also be taking LIVE fan questions throughout the show, so jump in the chat and join the conversation! 💧 Stay Hydrated with LMNT This offer may be claimed for LMNT customers, ONLY THROUGH OUR LINK! http://drinklmnt.com/WeighingIn https://www.amazon.com/shop/therealpunk?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsfshop_PXSPXPTQ4J26QW4FP4T5 🔥 Join the Weighing In Membership Get exclusive perks including priority fan questions and early access to videos! 💥 $1.99/month 💥 $4.99/month (includes the chance to debate Josh on the show!) 📲 Follow Us Instagram & Twitter: @weighingin @therealpunk

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0:00.0

What's up everybody? Welcome to another episode of the Wayne N podcast, another live show.

0:03.6

I thought I would just drop something real quick. It's Friday. I know there's been like there's no one's real buzz. There's no real buzz about the UFC fight card. Even though I love the main event, I actually think the co-main event's probably me one of the best fights of the weekend, if not the best fight of the weekend. But I got, let's all be honest, this whole weekend is about MVP. And the reason why I'm supporting them so much, the reason why I want them to grow so much is

0:24.4

it gives, it gives competition to the UFC, that's one.

0:27.7

And let me just make this clear, though also to when I just said competition, what I meant

0:31.4

was not direct competition.

0:33.2

They're going to have to do something completely different to be able to acquire fighters that will be willing to come to their promotion.

0:40.5

But it's got to be big names.

0:42.1

If you're going to continue to do shows on Netflix and take $50 million, $60 million, $80 million from Netflix, you're going to have to produce big names.

0:53.2

So that being said, you're going to need to put on some big time shows.

0:57.2

You're going to have to acquire some big time fighters.

1:00.2

And so when I'm watching, when I'm looking at this card, this card's a fantastic card.

1:03.5

And I know that a lot of people are like, oh, well, it's a bunch of old people.

1:06.9

They're all legends in the sport.

1:08.5

Doesn't mean that they can't do it.

1:09.6

You don't forget fighting.

1:11.5

Like I gotta be honest with you guys.

1:12.6

Like I've obviously most of you guys have listened to me. You guys know that I've been kicking around this whole thing. Kind of like a little return fight. The Nate Diaz fight was potentially going to happen on this card. It was also potentially going to happen, you know, previously before. So I wanted to, you know, start running, start getting in shape.

1:29.6

We don't, we don to, you know, start running, start

1:28.7

getting in shape. We don't, we don't, we still remember how to fight. It's just a matter of

1:33.8

getting our bodies back to that point of being able to go three rounds, five rounds.

1:38.1

Gina used you guys can tell has put the work in this fight. They've been working on this fight for

1:43.4

almost a year now. And so I look at this fight they've been working on this fight for almost a year now and so

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