# UFC 190
**UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia** was a [Ultimate Fighting Championship](https://www.edgepedia.org/ultimate-fighting-championship) pay-per-view mixed martial arts event held on August 1, 2015 at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, headlined by a UFC women's bantamweight championship bout in which [Ronda Rousey](https://www.edgepedia.org/ronda-rousey) knocked out challenger [Bethe Correia](https://www.edgepedia.org/bethe-correia) in 34 seconds.[1](https://www.ufc.com/news/rousey-remains-undefeated-needs-only-34-seconds-ko-correia-0) • [2](https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-190) The knockout was Rousey's sixth consecutive title defense and her twelfth win without a loss, and the event became an unexpected pay-per-view success with more than 900,000 buys.[1](https://www.ufc.com/news/rousey-remains-undefeated-needs-only-34-seconds-ko-correia-0) • [3](https://www.mmafighting.com/2015/8/27/9217171/rousey-vs-correia-looks-to-have-topped-900000-pay-per-view-buys)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Date and venue | Saturday, August 1, 2015, HSBC Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1](https://www.ufc.com/news/rousey-remains-undefeated-needs-only-34-seconds-ko-correia-0) |
| Main event | Women's bantamweight title bout: Ronda Rousey def. Bethe Correia by knockout, 34 seconds into round 1[1](https://www.ufc.com/news/rousey-remains-undefeated-needs-only-34-seconds-ko-correia-0) |
| Records after the fight | Rousey 12-0; Correia 9-1, her first professional loss[1](https://www.ufc.com/news/rousey-remains-undefeated-needs-only-34-seconds-ko-correia-0) • [4](https://www.ufc.com.br/news/bethe-correia-analisa-derrota-para-ronda-rousey-bola-pra-frente) |
| Title defense milestone | Rousey's sixth consecutive defense, moving her past Matt Hughes and Tito Ortiz into fifth place for most title defenses in UFC history[5](https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/By-the-Numbers-UFC-190-90065) |
| Betting odds | Rousey a 15-to-1 favorite (-1500) over Correia (+1000)[6](https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/1/Preview-UFC-190-Rousey-vs-Correia-89843) |
| Pay-per-view | Estimated to have topped 900,000 buys, a surprise result for a show in Rio de Janeiro with a lightly regarded undercard[3](https://www.mmafighting.com/2015/8/27/9217171/rousey-vs-correia-looks-to-have-topped-900000-pay-per-view-buys) |
| Economic impact | Estimated R$136.1 million Brazilian reals (US$39.8 million) for Rio de Janeiro[7](https://www.vie-publique.fr/files/rapport/pdf/164000692.pdf) |
## Building the fight
Correia, an unbeaten Brazilian from [Campina Grande](https://www.edgepedia.org/campina-grande), earned her title shot by calling out Rousey and defeating two of her training partners, [Jessamyn Duke](https://www.edgepedia.org/jessamyn-duke) at UFC 172 and [Shayna Baszler](https://www.edgepedia.org/shayna-baszler) at UFC 177, both members of Rousey's group of teammates known as the "Horsewomen."[8](https://www.ufc.com/news/rousey-headlines-ufc-190-rio-against-correia) • [9](https://www.mmafighting.com/2015/8/1/9059115/with-ronda-rousey-a-lack-of-competition-doesnt-mean-a-lack-of-drama) She entered the bout 9-0, but without a single victory over a top-10 opponent, and commentators treated the matchup as a stay-busy fight for the champion rather than a competitive contest on paper.[6](https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/1/Preview-UFC-190-Rousey-vs-Correia-89843)
In the pre-fight build-up Correia said she and her coaches had studied weaknesses in Rousey's game, telling international media in Portuguese that "Ronda is flawed. She always looks to the same strategy; she goes for the takedown," and that she hoped for a standup fight.[10](https://www.ufc.com/news/correia-says-she-knows-rouseys-weaknesses) Rousey, who had suggested the fight be held in Correia's home country, said she planned to do the opposite of her usual approach: "Instead of trying to force a clinch, I planned to overwhelm her striking so she would want to clinch first, and that's exactly what happened."[1](https://www.ufc.com/news/rousey-remains-undefeated-needs-only-34-seconds-ko-correia-0) • [11](https://www.ufc.com/node/73142)
## The main event
The fight lasted 34 seconds. After a sloppy opening exchange and a scramble in which Correia tumbled, Rousey mixed strikes to the head and body; a knee to the midsection hurt Correia, and a flush right hand to the temple sent the Brazilian face first to the mat, with referee John McCarthy stepping in to stop the fight.[1](https://www.ufc.com/news/rousey-remains-undefeated-needs-only-34-seconds-ko-correia-0) It was only the second knockdown Rousey had landed in her UFC and Strikeforce career.[5](https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/By-the-Numbers-UFC-190-90065)
The finish extended a run of rapid wins. Rousey's four previous opponents had lasted a combined 130 seconds: Correia (34 seconds), [Cat Zingano](https://www.edgepedia.org/cat-zingano) (14 seconds), Alexis Davis (16 seconds), and [Sara McMann](https://www.edgepedia.org/sara-mcmann) (66 seconds).[5](https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/By-the-Numbers-UFC-190-90065) After the bout Rousey dedicated the moment to the late professional wrestler [Roddy Piper](https://www.edgepedia.org/roddy-piper), whose "Rowdy" nickname she had adopted, saying, "I hope him and my dad had a good time watching this today."[1](https://www.ufc.com/news/rousey-remains-undefeated-needs-only-34-seconds-ko-correia-0) Correia, who suffered the first loss of her career, said afterward that she had defended the takedowns but that Rousey's strike was better on the night.[4](https://www.ufc.com.br/news/bethe-correia-analisa-derrota-para-ronda-rousey-bola-pra-frente)
## Commercial performance
The event was a pay-per-view hit that few had predicted. MMA Fighting reported in late August 2015 that UFC 190 looked to have topped 900,000 buys, a striking figure because the show had little strong undercard support, was held outside North America, where past shows had not done big numbers, and came only three weeks after a far more heavily promoted event in Las Vegas.[3](https://www.mmafighting.com/2015/8/27/9217171/rousey-vs-correia-looks-to-have-topped-900000-pay-per-view-buys) For comparison, the two Rio de Janeiro shows [Anderson Silva](https://www.edgepedia.org/anderson-silva) had headlined at his peak each did fewer than 350,000 buys.[3](https://www.mmafighting.com/2015/8/27/9217171/rousey-vs-correia-looks-to-have-topped-900000-pay-per-view-buys)
[Social media](https://www.edgepedia.org/social-media) interest was also unusually high. The fight was the No. 1 trending topic on Twitter on the night with over 934,000 tweets, nearly triple the 315,000 tweets about Rousey's previous fight against Cat Zingano.[12](https://www.foxsports.com/stories/other/making-the-grade-passes-fails-for-ufc-190-rousey-vs-correia) A French parliamentary report on mixed martial arts later cited the event's estimated economic impact on Rio de Janeiro as R$136.1 million (US$39.8 million).[7](https://www.vie-publique.fr/files/rapport/pdf/164000692.pdf)
## The rest of the card
The co-main event was a light heavyweight rematch between former champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, a long-awaited second meeting after their 2005 Pride bout won Fight of the Year honors.[6](https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/1/Preview-UFC-190-Rousey-vs-Correia-89843) • [13](https://www.ufc.com.br/news/ufc-190-ingressos-venda-partir-desta-quinta) The card also featured Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira against [Stefan Struve](https://www.edgepedia.org/stefan-struve), a strawweight contender bout between debuting former World Series of Fighting champion Jessica Aguilar and Claudia Gadelha, and a welterweight preliminary between [Demian Maia](https://www.edgepedia.org/demian-maia) and [Neil Magny](https://www.edgepedia.org/neil-magny).[6](https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/1/Preview-UFC-190-Rousey-vs-Correia-89843)
In the co-main event of UFC on Fox 16: Dillashaw vs. Barão 2 on July 25, 2015, [Miesha Tate](https://www.edgepedia.org/miesha-tate) defeated Jessica Eye by unanimous decision, and UFC president Dana White afterward declared Tate the new No. 1 contender for a title shot against the Rousey–Correia winner.[15](https://www.ufc.com/athlete/miesha-tate) 1 contender, setting up a title shot against the winner of the Rousey-Correia main event.[14](https://www.ufc.com/news/miesha-tate-faces-winner-ronda-rousey-vs-bethe-correia-ufc-190)
## Aftermath
The 34-second knockout was Rousey's final UFC win. The event nonetheless stood as the peak of her commercial drawing power: the pay-per-view total, the Twitter volume, and the economic-impact figures all marked UFC 190 as the largest audience response to any of her fights.[3](https://www.mmafighting.com/2015/8/27/9217171/rousey-vs-correia-looks-to-have-topped-900000-pay-per-view-buys) • [12](https://www.foxsports.com/stories/other/making-the-grade-passes-fails-for-ufc-190-rousey-vs-correia)
## References
1. [Rousey Remains Undefeated, Needs Only 34 Seconds To KO Correia, UFC.com](https://www.ufc.com/news/rousey-remains-undefeated-needs-only-34-seconds-ko-correia-0)
2. [UFC 190 event page, UFC.com](https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-190)
3. [Rousey vs. Correia looks to have topped 900,000 pay-per-view buys, MMA Fighting](https://www.mmafighting.com/2015/8/27/9217171/rousey-vs-correia-looks-to-have-topped-900000-pay-per-view-buys)
4. [Bethe Correia analisa derrota para Ronda Rousey, UFC.com.br](https://www.ufc.com.br/news/bethe-correia-analisa-derrota-para-ronda-rousey-bola-pra-frente)
5. [By the Numbers: UFC 190, Sherdog](https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/By-the-Numbers-UFC-190-90065)
6. [Preview: UFC 190 'Rousey vs. Correia', Sherdog](https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/1/Preview-UFC-190-Rousey-vs-Correia-89843)
7. [Mission parlementaire sur la pratique des Arts Martiaux Mixtes, vie-publique.fr](https://www.vie-publique.fr/files/rapport/pdf/164000692.pdf)
8. [Rousey Headlines UFC 190 in Rio against Correia, UFC.com](https://www.ufc.com/news/rousey-headlines-ufc-190-rio-against-correia)
9. [With Ronda Rousey, a lack of competition doesn't mean a lack of drama, MMA Fighting](https://www.mmafighting.com/2015/8/1/9059115/with-ronda-rousey-a-lack-of-competition-doesnt-mean-a-lack-of-drama)
10. [Correia says she knows Rousey's weaknesses, UFC.com](https://www.ufc.com/news/correia-says-she-knows-rouseys-weaknesses)
11. [Rousey vs Correia: A Muerte Por El Cinturón, UFC.com](https://www.ufc.com/node/73142)
12. [Making the Grade: Passes/fails for UFC 190, FOX Sports](https://www.foxsports.com/stories/other/making-the-grade-passes-fails-for-ufc-190-rousey-vs-correia)
13. [UFC 190: Ingressos à venda a partir desta quinta, UFC.com.br](https://www.ufc.com.br/news/ufc-190-ingressos-venda-partir-desta-quinta)
14. [Miesha Tate faces the winner of Ronda Rousey vs. Bethe Correia at UFC 190, UFC.com](https://www.ufc.com/news/miesha-tate-faces-winner-ronda-rousey-vs-bethe-correia-ufc-190)
15. [Miesha Tate, UFC](https://www.ufc.com/athlete/miesha-tate)
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