‘Rose Namajunas’ Articles at Pro MMA Now

A battered Rose Namajunas already back to everyday duties

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 by Sean McClure

It was weird when I found out that Ronda Rousey had a farm EIEIO. It was also a bit strange to learn that former strawweight champion rose Namajunas is a gardener. After defeating Jessica Andrade last Saturday at UFC 251 Rose was left battered and bruised but it hasn’t slowed her down it seems. She … Read more

Rose Namajunas doesn’t miss championship spotlight but does miss the belt

June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 by Sean McClure

I think we can all relate to former UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas in the video clip below. She was asked by Ariel Helwani about whether or not she missed being champion and she gave a very candid response that I could personally relate to easily. There was a time around 2006-7 that I was … Read more

Criticism of Namajunas UFC 249 withdrawal halts as tragic reason revealed

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 by Sean McClure

Rose Namajunas withdrew from her UFC 249 fight with Jessica Andrade and when it was announced the fans pounced. Mixed martial arts fans are some of the best in the world but can also be some of the worst. The flaming and trolling was in comment section of articles and on MMA related forums. It … Read more

UFC Shenzen Free Fight: Jessica Andrade vs Rose Namajunas

August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 by Sean McClure

UFC strawweight champion Jessica Andrade took the belt from Rose Namajunas in May of this year and in short order her first defense will be against 19-1 Weili Zhang. It will all go down at the Universiade Sports Centre Arena in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China this Saturday, August 31st. Andrade is looking to prove her win … Read more

List of UFC 237 medical suspensions

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 by Sean McClure

With some hard hitting knockouts, submissions, and brutal leg kicks during Saturday’s UFC 237 event in Brazil it is no surprise that medical suspensions were passed out like graham crackers in kindergarten. There are four fighters with 180 day suspensions including former strawweight champion Rose Namajunas who was dumped on her neck in a way … Read more

UFC 237 card is finalized

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 by Sean McClure

The card for UFC 237 is finalized and we put an asterisk next to that because in MMA nothing is ever set in stone. Injuries and illnesses can appear at any time to devastate an event. Here is the line-up for the PPV and the offerings on ESPN. PPV on ESPN+ UFC Strawweight Championship(c)Rose Namajunas … Read more

Namajunas has no class in response to McGregor and we are okay with it

May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 by Sean McClure

“Thug Rose” aka UFC women’s strawweight champ Rose Namajunas shut down a legitimate apology from Conor McGregor for the McBus attack. The Irishman and his cronies went ballistic before UFC 223 and used objects to smash windows on a bus carrying fighters including Rose Namajunas. He posted a real, heartfelt apology and for that we have respect for him, BUT Rose has the right to shut that shizz down. And she did…emphatically. Check it out…

Despite Joanna’s protests about her loss the scorecard doesn’t lie

April 9, 2018 by Sean McClure

Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s protests and complaints about outstriking Rose Namajunas in their rematch on Saturday at UFC 223 won’t change anything. It is true that Joanna did indeed land more significant strikes and strikes overall, but it’s when she connected that counted. She lost the fight to Rose via unanimous decision with a score of 49-46 … Read more

UFC 223 trailer for Joanna vs Rose

March 5, 2018 by Sean McClure

At UFC 223 Joanna Jedrzejczyk will try to reclaim her strawweight title from Rose Namajunas. In their last go around JJ lost to Rose via KO and has been very aggressive in campaigning for a rematch which she finally secured and the hype has been growing. They released a trailer for the return bout called “Not This Time”. Check it out.

Watch Namajunas break down her shocking UFC title win

November 5, 2017 by Sean McClure

It was a night of shocking wins at UFC 217. Rose Namajunas knocked out Joanna Jedrzejczyk to win the women’s Strawweight title. Check out her breakdown of the victory post fight.