ET). They will now rematch in the co-main event . Latest Weight : N/A: 6'0" (183cm) Height : N/A: South Jersey Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu : Gym : . UFC 237 Live HD Height 5'5" Reach 65" DOB 6/29/1992. November 6, 2021. Update. Rose Namajunas (UFC 268) 5: Jessica Andrade: Flyweight (2020-present) Strawweight (2016-2020) 22-9: . One of the world's top female fighters shares how martial arts, piano and urban gardening teach her strength and balance. UFC 268: Rose Namajunas vs. Zhang Weili Prediction | SIA ... 7 Virna Jandiroba 39.1%. Justin Gaethje: Joanna Jedrzejczyk's weight 'excuse' isn't ... Vera looked like he was two weight classes above Edgar. She's certainly not a weight bully. You wouldn't expect a 25-year-old, 5'5", 115-pound woman to be one of the top fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. . "Thug" Rose Namajunas MMA record, career highlights and ... Here is the current title picture across the board. i just realized that rose actually has the height advantage thats weird. Namajunas Hang with one of the best kickboxers on the planet Earth Rose is going to have to mix in some take down. Rose Namajunas - Next Fight, Record, Net Worth, Bio - MMA ... Rose Namajunas's Last Fight, MMA Record & More Heavyweight, which was 200lbs (90 . She's boxed a total of 41 rounds, meaning her professional fights last 2.7 rounds on average. Close. She's also known to use Brazilian jiu-jitsu techniques in her matches, as well as leg kicks. (19-1) is also a world-class wrestler and can nullify . Technically Rose Namajunas is a slight underdog, but I still like her as my favorite play on the card. It's just that results have been mixed at times. The two coached opposite each other on The Ultimate Fighter and fought in the UFC champion. One of the world's top female fighters shares how martial arts, piano and urban gardening teach her strength and balance. She won the 115-pound title in November 2017 at Madison Square Garden and followed it up just five months later with a successful defense in Brooklyn. Weight Class. Carla Esparza vs Rose Namajunas full fight Video UFC Tuf ... Women's strawweight champion Rose Namajunas also made weight, though there was a slight issue with her opponent, Zhang Weili. You also wouldn't expect a . Namajunas, Usman fight in rematches in UFC return to NYC ... UFC on FOX 24 Results: Rose Namajunas Is Ready for a 2nd ... UFC 268: Rose Namajunas vs. Weili Zhang Betting Guide (2021) by Johnny Perun November 5, 2021. 4 on the UFC's 115-pound rankings but has had a couple of hiccups during her UFC run. On paper, UFC 251 was a special card, and in reality, it delivered. Records reflect all UFC fights from UFC 28 to the present (UFC 28 was the first event to use the Unified Rules of MMA). Rose Gertrude Namajunas (born June 29, 1992) is an American professional mixed martial artist.She is signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she competes in the women's strawweight division and is the two-time and current UFC Women's Strawweight Champion. Weili Zhang tries to take down Rose Namajunas during a straw weight mixed martial arts championship bout at UFC 268, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, in New York. In the co-main event, Rose Namajunas also retained her title via decision in a rematch, . UFC Weight Classes: Explained Rose Namajunas height and weight. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin) If any other veteran of their weight class/former champion put together a five fight winning streak they would be getting a title shot. Where would Angela Lee fit into the UFC straw weight top 10? In his opinion, there is no better contender for the championship than Carla . Rose Namajunas used New York as her breakout city on her way toward UFC stardom. 6 . Maybe there weren't 800 spectacular finishes or all-out wars, but for the true MMA fan, it had so many intricate strategic battles where top-level fighters were forced to adjust on the fly or get run over. #3 Pound-For-Pound. Country. In the first of three title fights, Russia's Petr Yan . Andrade knocked out Cynthia Calvillo in the first round of their fight at UFC 266. 2 Rose Namajunas 56.3%. Barely hangs on to UFC title. Rose Namajunas became the first female fighter in UFC history to win back her title. Nov. 7, 2021 4:15 p.m. PT. . First colliding with Namajunas at UFC 261 in April, Zhang (21-2) attempted to defend her 115-pound UFC crown for just the second time - her first coming over the legendary Joanna Jedrzejczyk in March 2020. Rose Namajunas "Thug" 6 - 3 - 0 DOB: 29-6-1992 Age: 29 years Division: W-Strawweight City/State: Wisconsin Promotion: UFC. Here is the current title picture across the board. Records reflect all UFC fights from UFC 28 to the present (UFC 28 was the first event to use the Unified Rules of MMA). Her opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do and karate Rose Namajunas, has an official record of 2-1-0 (100% submission victory rate) and she entered as the No.6 in the same weight class but she lost her last bout, against Tecia Torres. Rousey's debut in the women's 135-pound weight class was against Tate for the Strikeforce title. But despite having won five . By: . Rose Namajunas: UFC 217 New York City, NY, US: Nov 4, 2017 554 days 1. def. Pro Debut Date: 2013-01-05. Pro Record: 11-4-0. Rose Namajunas' record currently stands at 11 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws. When these two fought for the strawweight title in April, Namajunas upset the champion Zhang as a +154 UFC betting underdog. Max Holloway has taken a lot of pride in his claims of being the best boxer in the UFC. Navigate to results: . The two other title fights, featuring the UFC's two lightest women's weight classes, ended early and emphatically. Rose Namajunas' record currently stands at 11 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws. Rose wouldn't be undersized. or Rose Namajunas versus Zhang Weili, could compare. One-on-One with Colorado's Rose Namajunas, UFC Champion. All Val has to do is switch weight classes stop being a weight bully Prince Nephilim, Nov 18, 2021 #13. Rose tagged her and Rose has a fantastic submission game. In the months since UFC 217, former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk has attributed at least a portion of the blame for her stunning loss to Rose Namajunas on a weight cut gone terribly wrong. The UFC has yet to officially announce the next contender in the 115-pound weight class, but Rose Namajunas is the frontrunner after avenging a loss to Jessica Andrade in Abu Dhabi in July. Discussion in 'UFC Discussion' started by MXZT, Nov 18, . Image via @jessicammapro on Instagram. Results. Namajunas regained the strawweight belt earlier this year after dethroning Zhang at UFC 261 in April 2021. Read Full Article. Rose is currently ranked #3 in the UFC Women's pound-for-pound . Heavyweight Francis Ngannou. "She's powerful for the weight class . Twitter. . Bourbaki Blue Belt. Rose "Thug" Namajunas is the current UFC Women's Strawweight Champion with a professional MMA record of 11 wins and 4 losses. StrawweightUFC. Rose Namajunas (C) has her hand raised by referee Keith Peterson and the title belt put around her waist by UFC President Dana White following her KO win over UFC Women's Strawweight champion Zhang Weili at UFC 261 at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S., April 24, 2021. "Thug" Rose Namajunas is an American professional mixed martial artist and the UFC strawweight champion. 2. Zhang, JJ, Rose, all got a title shot at about . common theme, they all got title shots in about 6 months or more. . On April 7th 2018 the two fighters had a rematch at UFC 223 and Rose Namajunas defeated Joanna again In a unanimous decision succesfully defending her belt for the first time. Usman defeats Covington for the second time. The UFC began adding weight classes in 1997, which was only 4 years after the promotion started. The 70kg weight class in the UFC is the Lightweight division, where the upper weight . Would you like to see Valentina Shevchenko and Rose Namajunas fight? Results. While Jedrzejczyk in the past has considered moving up a weight class to fight at 125 pounds to fight, she has since gotten her diet and approach to weight management under control and intends to . Rose Namajunas vs. Joanna Jędrzejczyk II: . USA. 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