If she will be able to’t get her arms on the flyweight title simply but, ‘Thug’ Rose Namajunas would like to compete for the first-ever ladies’s BMF belt.
Returning to her residence away from residence, Denver, Colorado, the previous two-time strawweight queen scored her second-straight win at 125, besting short-notice substitute Tracy Cortez in an entertaining five-round affair to shut out the UFC’s return to The Centennial State on Saturday night time.
After flattening Cortez early, Namajunas asserted her dominance all through the battle, mixing up her putting and her wrestling to attain a unanimous resolution victory over her opponent.
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Instantly following the battle, Namajunas referred to as for a shot on the flyweight title, presently held by Mexico’s personal Alexa Grasso. Nonetheless, if she will be able to’t get that fairly but, she’d love a crack at bringing a ladies’s BMF belt to The Mile Excessive Metropolis.
“Give me the belt, man. I would like it. I’m Colorado’s first UFC champion so I need to carry a second one again right here,” Namajunas mentioned in her post-fight interview with Paul Felder. “Both that or a ladies’s BMF, I don’t know.”
When wanting on the listing of feminine UFC fighters badass sufficient to compete for a BMF belt, Rose Namajunas undoubtedly lands proper close to the highest.
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Rose Namajunas Probably wants yet another win to safe a flyweight title shot
Together with her win over Cortez, ‘Thug’ will most actually grasp on to her No. 6 rating within the flyweight division, although it stays to be seen if the victory will transfer her up the ladder in any respect contemplating Cortez is ranked simply exterior the highest 10.
Initially, Namajunas was scheduled to sq. off with top-five contender Maycee Barber till ‘The Future’ was pressured to bow out as a result of an unlucky sickness.
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With Grasso anticipated to defend the 125-pound crown towards former champion Valentina Shevchenko in a extremely anticipated trilogy bout this September, maybe the promotion will rebook Barber and Namajunas.
Solely time will inform, however no matter who comes out on prime in that potential matchup, the winner should get behind No. 2 ranked Manon Fiorot who has achieved greater than sufficient to earn her shot on the winner of Grasso vs. Shevchenko 3.
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