Brett Cooper

This took the internet by storm because neither of these women, neither Ronda nor Gina have fought in years.

I mean, especially Gina, like the last time Gina fought was in 2009, I think, and Ronda retired in 2016.

And even though they are arguably the most famous female fighters in the world, they never fought each other, which is something that the fans always wanted.

As I was reading a bunch of articles about this announcement and fight, the thing that people kept saying was that it is MMA's most infamous what-if fight.

People had always wondered what would have happened if these two icons had fought each other.

Again, the fans wanted it, so compare that with the mixed star power of each of their names.

The internet was set ablaze.

It was viral.

It was trending for days on X. People were talking about it on TikTok, on Instagram.

It was literally everywhere.

And for context, a lot of fans wanted this to happen a decade ago.

back in 2015 when Ronda was at the height of her career.

But by that time, Gina had retired.

She was like well into Hollywood at that point.

So it wasn't as simple as just putting them both in the octagon.

However, at the time, Gina made it very clear that she was not opposed to this fight.

And they even offered Gina a million dollars to do the fight.

But because she was out of the game, it was like six years after she had retired, Gina asked for two things.

She asked for time to train and get back in shape, and she asked for privacy while she did so.

But allegedly, that request was not received well, and Full Mount MMA posted about this story in light of this new announcement and said, a single text message from Dana White killed Gina Carano's $1 million UFC super fight with Ronda Rousey.