Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) is teaming up with Netflix to shake up the world of combat sports this weekend. The duo is set to launch their first-ever mixed martial arts event, and it's already generating serious buzz.

Headlining the card at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, is a clash of legends. Former UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will step back into the cage after nearly a decade to face fellow MMA pioneer Gina Carano. The fight, aptly named Rousey vs. Carano, promises to be a nostalgic and explosive throwback for longtime fans.

While MVP has built its reputation as a boxing promotion over the past five years, Paul sees a golden opportunity in MMA. "I think we're pretty agnostic in terms of it being MMA or boxing," Paul said on The Ariel Helwani Show. "At the end of the day, we love combat sports, and we're great promoters. We've always wanted to make MMA fights happen. It's been in our minds from the start. And I think MMA is ripe for disruption—maybe even more than boxing is currently."

This move puts MVP and Netflix in direct competition with the UFC, which streams on Paramount+. Paul believes the UFC has lost touch with what fans really want. "There are a lot of weird things happening over at that organization," he explained. "They've sort of lost touch with the pulse of their fans and aren't making the fights people want to see. The cards they put together just don't have the same hype anymore."

Paul, a lifelong UFC fan since his early teens, admits he's felt a shift. "I don't know anything that goes on behind the scenes, but you can feel it as a fan. The energy just isn't what it used to be."

With a fresh approach and a blockbuster main event, this weekend could mark the beginning of a new era in MMA—one that puts the fans front and center.