Rose Namajunas interested in winner of Erin Blanchfield vs. Manon Fiorot or Maycee Barber after #UFCVegas89 win

Rose Namajunas interested in winner of Erin Blanchfield vs. Manon Fiorot or Maycee Barber after #UFCVegas89 win

LAS VEGAS – Rose Namajunas has her eyes on the UFC women’s flyweight title, but she knows work needs to be done first. Namajunas (12-6 MMA, 10-5 UFC), a former women’s strawweight champion, picked up her first win at 125 pounds Saturday against Amanda Ribas (12-5 MMA, 7-4 UFC) in the main event of UFC on ESPN 53. Namajunas defeated Ribas by unanimous decision in her second fight at flyweight. She lost her divisional debut this past September to …

UFC Vegas 89 results: Matches to make for ‘Ribas vs. Namajunas’ main card winners

Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Rosa Namajunas snapped her two-fight losing streak last night (Sat., March 23, 2024) inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, defeating Amanda Ribas via unanimous decision in the main event of the evening (see it again here), her first win as a Flyweight. In the co-main event, Karl Williams defeated Justin Tafa, also via a clean sweep on the judges’ scorecards in a hard-hitting Heavyweight affair. …

Rose Namajunas open to fight with ‘savage’ Maycee Barber

Rose Namajunas | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Rose Namajunas has her first win as a UFC flyweight out of the way. A second one could propel her back into championship territory. There are no shortage of potential opponents for Namajunas, who earned a unanimous decision win over Amanda Ribas in Saturday’s UFC Vegas 89 main event. Namajunas brings plenty of cachet to any matchup, given her history as a two-time strawweight cham…

Rose Namajunas UFC Vegas 89 Octagon Interview: 'It's good to get your hand raised'

Former two-time women's strawweight champion Rose Namajunas headlined Saturday's UFC Vegas 89 event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas against eighth-ranked Amanda Ribas.  Namajunas entered the fight coming off back-to-back losses and looking to pick up her first win in her new weight class.  She did that, winning by unanimous decision.  Following the fight, Namajunas was interviewed by fighter-turned broadcaster Paul Felder inside the octagon.  "It's…