UFC Legend In The Making: Rose Namajunas

Rose Namajunas aka Thug Rose is a mixed martial arts fighter who was born on June 29 1992 She currently belongs to the UFC in the womens featherweight division and is the current owner of the champion belt Namajunas began her UFC career in 2013 when Gilbert Meléndez selected her to be part of his team In this season Rose managed to reach the finals by defeating several of the best fighters in the featherweight category However on December 12 2014 she lost the TUF final to Carla Esparza by submission in the third round This fight was for the inaugural 2014 strawweight championship

Rose Namajunas vs Weili Zhang

On April 24 2021 Namajunas faced Weili Zang in the main fight of the UFC 261 event Namajunas vs Weili In this fight Rose stood in the center of the octagon connecting different blows to Zhang 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 Namajunas to finish Zhang by technical knockout

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Rose Namajunas vs Joanna Jędrzejczyk

In 2017 Namajunas faced Joanna Jędrzejczyk in the UFC 217 main event for the UFC womens featherweight championship In this fight Namajunas defeated Jędrzejczyk in round one at minute 303 Rose landed a combination of punches that were lethal to Jędrzejczyk in which Jędrzejczyk ended up falling to the canvas with a lightning knockout

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Rose Namajunas vs Michelle Waterson

On April 15 2017 Namajunas faced Michelle Waterson at UFC on Fox Johnson vs Reis This fight was a back and forth throughout the two rounds that lasted At minute 247 of the second round Rose applied a rear naked choke to Waterson and achieved the victory by submission

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Rose Namajunas vs Emily Kagan

Rose Namajunas first professional victory was on January 5 2013 when she faced Emily Kagan at Invicta FC 4 and won the submission award of the night Even though it was her first fight as a professional Namajunas went to the octagon as a true veteran In three well contested rounds Namajunas managed to defeat Kagan by submission at minute 344 of the third round

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