Rose Namajunas

2022 - 5 - 8

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Carla Esparza Beats Rose Namajunas by Decision at UFC 274 to ... (Bleacher Report)

Seven years after becoming the first women's strawweight champion in UFC history, Carla Esparza has reclaimed the title with a split decision victory over ...

She is the only strawweight fighter with multiple wins over the Wisconsin native. Coming into this bout, Namajunas only had one slip up in the past five years. It was the only time in Namajunas' career that she was submitted and just one of two times she has lost a fight via stoppage coming into Saturday's event. She also held the Invicta FC strawweight championship prior to signing with UFC. Neither fighter seemed interested in taking any risks in the fight. Namajunas won 48-47 on the scorecard of one judge.

Twitter reacts to Carla Esparza's title win over Rose Namajunas in ... (MMA Junkie)

See the top Twitter reactions to Carla Esparza's title-winning upset of Rose Namajunas in the UFC 274 co-main event.

'The Stinker of all stinkers' – Carla Esparza scores upset win over ... (talkSPORT.com)

Carla Esparza is the new strawweight champion after eking out a split decision win over Rose Namajunas in one of the worst fights of all time at UFC 2.

The first two rounds were completely uneventful. Namajunas stole the final round as she landed more strikes and a very late takedown before both fighters were met with a chorus of boos when the fight ended. ‘The Cookie Monster’ temporarily got the champ to the floor but ‘Thug Rose’ quickly popped back up to her feet and got off a little bit of striking offence.

UFC 274 live blog: Rose Namajunas vs. Carla Esparza 2 (MMA Fighting)

Follow the live blog for Rose Namajuna vs. Carla Esparza 2, the strawweight title fight at UFC 274 on Saturday in Phoenix.

Namajunas then reclaimed the title with a first-round KO of Zhang Weili at UFC 261, and after winning their rematch, the strawweight champion is now looking to put together a real championship legacy. Esparza finally got things back on track beginning in 2019 though, and she has now won five in a row to earn her second opportunity at UFC gold. Namajunas and Esparza met in the finals of that tournament, with Esparza submitting “Thug Rose” in the third round to claim the inaugural title.

UFC 274: Carla Esparza dethrones strawweight champ Rose ... (OCRegister)

One week before her wedding, Esparza edged strawweight champion Rose Namajunas via split decision in the UFC 274 co-main event inside Footprint Center to win ...

Namajunas, fresh off a split-decision win over former champion Weilei Zhang in November, said Esparza was the only fight that made sense, liking weighing merit and revenge. After the first round, each fighter had connected on three strikes. By the end of the fight, Namajunas had outstruck Esparza 30-23, with the advantage coming largely in the final round.

Pros react after Carla Esparza defeats Rose Namajunas at UFC 274 (BJPenn.com)

Tonight's UFC 274 event was co-headlined by a women's strawweight title fight rematch featuring Rose Namajunas taking on Carla Esparza.

really disappointing nobody really wanted it. — Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA)May 8, 2022