UFC Legend In The Making: Rose Namajunas

Last Updated on May 8, 2021 7:44 pm by

< wpimage aligncenterid5733sizeSluglargelinkDestinationnone > <div class=wp block image><figure class=aligncenter size large><img src=httpswwwgambylcomwp contentuploads202105ufc 1 1024x576jpeg alt= class=wp image 5733><figure><div> < wpimage > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Rose Namajunas<strong> aka <strong>Thug Rose<strong> is a mixed martial arts fighter who was born on June 29 1992 She currently belongs to the <strong>UFC<strong> in the <strong>womens featherweight division <strong>and is the current owner of the <strong>champion belt<strong> <strong>Namajunas <strong>began her UFC career in 2013 when <strong>Gilbert Meléndez<strong> selected her to be part of his team In this season <strong>Rose<strong> managed to reach the finals by defeating several of the best fighters in the featherweight category However on December 12 2014 she lost the <strong>TUF<strong> final to <strong>Carla Esparza<strong> by submission in the third round This fight was for the inaugural 2014 strawweight championship<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Rose Namajunas vs Weili Zhang<strong><p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>On<strong> <strong>April 24 2021 <strong>Namajunas <strong>faced <strong>Weili Zang <strong>in the main fight of the <strong>UFC 261 event Namajunas vs Weili<strong> In this fight <strong>Rose <strong>stood in the center of the octagon connecting different blows to <strong>Zhang<strong> until she saw a gap and took the opportunity to connect a kick directly to Zhangs head Zhang fell directly to the canvas in which Namajunas approached and managed to connect three more blows before the referee stopped the fight Only 1 minute and 18 seconds within the octagon was enough for <strong>Namajunas<strong> to finish <strong>Zhang<strong> by technical knockout<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>You can watch the fight between Rose Namajunas vs Weili Zhang at<p> < wpparagraph > < wpembed urlhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=ZfBhEemAoK8typevideoproviderNameSlugyoutuberesponsivetrueclassNamewp embed aspect 16 9 wp has aspect ratio > <figure class=wp block embed is type video is provider youtube wp block embed youtube wp embed aspect 16 9 wp has aspect ratio><div class=wp block embed wrapper> httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=ZfBhEemAoK8 <div><figure> < wpembed > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Rose Namajunas vs Joanna Jędrzejczyk<strong><p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>In 2017 <strong>Namajunas<strong> faced <strong>Joanna Jędrzejczyk <strong>in the <strong>UFC 217 <strong>main event for the <strong>UFC womens featherweight championship<strong> In this fight <strong>Namajunas <strong>defeated <strong>Jędrzejczyk <strong>in round one at minute 303 <strong>Rose<strong> landed a combination of punches that were lethal to <strong>Jędrzejczyk<strong> in which <strong>Jędrzejczyk <strong>ended up falling to the canvas with a lightning knockout<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>You can watch the fight between between Rose Namajunas vs Joanna Jędrzejczyk at<p> < wpparagraph > < wpembed urlhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=a94JKnSgfYktypevideoproviderNameSlugyoutuberesponsivetrueclassNamewp embed aspect 16 9 wp has aspect ratio > <figure class=wp block embed is type video is provider youtube wp block embed youtube wp embed aspect 16 9 wp has aspect ratio><div class=wp block embed wrapper> httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=a94JKnSgfYk <div><figure> < wpembed > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Rose Namajunas vs Michelle Waterson<strong><p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>On April 15 2017 <strong>Namajunas<strong> faced <strong>Michelle Waterson<strong> at <strong>UFC on Fox Johnson vs Reis <strong>This fight was a back and forth throughout the two rounds that lasted At minute 247 of the second round <strong>Rose<strong> applied a rear naked choke<strong> <strong>to <strong>Waterson<strong> and achieved the victory by submission<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>You can watch the fight between Rose Namajunas vs Michelle Waterson at <p> < wpparagraph > < wpembed urlhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=BenRwzRt3vgtypevideoproviderNameSlugyoutuberesponsivetrueclassNamewp embed aspect 16 9 wp has aspect ratio > <figure class=wp block embed is type video is provider youtube wp block embed youtube wp embed aspect 16 9 wp has aspect ratio><div class=wp block embed wrapper> httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=BenRwzRt3vg <div><figure> < wpembed > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Rose Namajunas vs Emily Kagan<strong><p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Rose Namajunas<strong> first professional victory was on January 5 2013 when she faced <strong>Emily Kagan<strong> at <strong>Invicta FC 4<strong> and won the submission award of the night Even though it was her first fight as a professional <strong>Namajunas<strong> went to the octagon as a true veteran In three well contested rounds <strong>Namajunas<strong> managed to defeat <strong>Kagan<strong> by submission at minute 344 of the third round<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>You can watch the fight between Rose Namajunas vs Emily Kagan at<p> < wpparagraph > < wpembed urlhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=d04LmOo7V24typevideoproviderNameSlugyoutuberesponsivetrueclassNamewp embed aspect 16 9 wp has aspect ratio > <figure class=wp block embed is type video is provider youtube wp block embed youtube wp embed aspect 16 9 wp has aspect ratio><div class=wp block embed wrapper> httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=d04LmOo7V24 <div><figure> < wpembed >