Rousey vs. Carano card gets late addition after replacement fighter steps in

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 15: (L-R) Francis N'gannou, Nate Diaz, Ronda Rousey, Gina Carano, Mike Perry and Philipe Lins attend Rousey vs. Carano NYC Press Conference at The Palladium on April 15, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images for Netflix) | Getty Images for Netflix

The upcoming Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano card secured a replacement fight for the May 16 event after UFC and Bellator veteran Lorenz Larkin was knocked out of his match against Jason Jackson with an injury.

On Monday, Most Valuable Promotions announced that Ultimate Fighter veteran Jeff Creighton has accepted the fight and now faces Jackson on the card that airs on Netflix.

Creighton enters the fight with a 12-2-1 record overall including a win over Diego Bianchini in LFA in his most recent outing in November 2025.

Prior to that fight, Creighton was a member of the TUF 33 cast where he scored an early win over Andreeas Binder but then fell to Rodrigo Sezinando in the next round of the tournament, which eliminated him from the competition. Following his appearance on the reality show, Creighton was not offered a contract by the UFC, which is what led to him competing in LFA instead.

Now Creighton gets an opportunity to face Jackson on one of the most talked about cards of the year, which is capped off by Rousey vs. Carano.

As for Jackson, the former Bellator welterweight champion is looking to get back in the win column after dropping a close split decision to Thad Jean in his last outing in PFL. That dropped Jackson to 1-2 in his past three fights, which included a decision loss to Ramazan Kurmagomedov, which cost him his Bellator title.

The full bout order for Rousey vs. Carano has not been revealed yet outside of Francis Ngannou vs. Philipe Lins serving as the co-main event and Nate Diaz vs. Mike Perry as the third fight on the card set for May 16 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.