Rose Namajunas returns against Jéssica Andrade at Brazil's UFC 237:
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| Namajunas will return this summer. |
After a lenghty spell on the sidelines, UFC Women's Strawweight champion 'Thug' Rose Namajunas will return to the octagon for her second title defence when she meets surging contender Jéssica Andrade at UFC 237 in Brazil. The Trevor Wittman protege is still nursing a neck injury, keeping her inactive since her rematch with Polish striker Joanna Jędrzejczyk and faces a stern welcoming party in the form of Andrade who looks to make good on her second siege of the 115lbs gold.
Finding huge success since recolacting to Colorado, the well rounded Namajunas achieved her life long goal of becoming world champion and has established a considerable fan base off the back of her two wins over Joanna, the first a devastating first round finish while the second seen 'Thug' Rose pushed the distance and display some grit and determination to iron out a unanimous decision victory. The Elevation Fight Team product is more than equipped on the feet and even more so when her grappling is called into practice, but her stopping power when compared to Andrade is vastly different.
Up until Jéssica Andrade's title eliminator with fellow former title challenger Karolina Kowalkiewicz, we had never truely seen an earth shattering stoppage at Strawweight via one strike. In the premier round, Andrade landed a massive right hand and slept Karolina instantly. Andrade once more earned the #1 rank adding to wins over Tecia Torres and compatriot Cláudia Gadelha. With incredibly heavy hands and an aggressive approach to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Andrade has posed somewhat of an unsolvable puzzle for those at 115lbs with onky the previously mentioned Joanna Jędrzejczyk blemishing her record there since her drop from her previous Bantamweight home.
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