Rose Namajunas has large plans. The previous two-time UFC ladies’s strawweight queen not too long ago revealed why it can be crucial for her to realize two-division glory.
‘Thug,’ who moved as much as the flyweight division in 2023, made her divisional debut towards Manon Fiorot and misplaced by unanimous determination. After that, she returned to the win column and racked up back-to-back wins towards Amanda Ribas and Tracy Cortez earlier than shedding to Erin Blanchfield in November 2024.
Final 12 months in June, Rose Namajunas confronted Miranda Maverick and gained by unanimous determination.
Later this week at UFC 324, ‘Thug’ was originally supposed to lock horns with former champion Alexa Grasso. Nonetheless, Grasso withdrew due to harm. Now, Namajunas will take on the number two-ranked UFC ladies’s flyweight contender, Natalia Silva.
Rose Namajunas confesses why she needs Two-Division Glory, compares it to Reaching Tremendous Saiyan Degree Two
Forward of UFC 324, the 33-year-old appeared on The Ariel Helwani Show. When requested by the titular host what continues to drive her to change into a two-division UFC champion, Rose Namajunas acknowledged that cash continues to be a motivating issue.
Nonetheless, she burdened that attaining two-division glory has been a lifelong goal, one she set from the very begin of her MMA profession. Utilizing a Dragon Ball Z reference, she in contrast holding two UFC belts to reaching Tremendous Saiyan Degree 2.
“I don’t know in the event you ever watched Dragon Ball Z, however you get to Tremendous Saiyan, proper? Tremendous Saiyan degree 1 is turning into a champion. Nobody can ever take that away from you. And never simply that, there are completely different greatness ranges of every champion, and all people has their very own distinctive story.”
She added:
“For what I did at strawweight, I’m very pleased with… Now at flyweight, the place I really began my profession, it’s like, why not end there? Changing into a champion there can be like attending to Tremendous Saiyan degree 2… All the pieces’s simply greater on the subsequent weight class; you’ve obtained to do every part higher and greater and stronger. [That’s why the two‑division thing is important to me. It just sets you above].”
Take a look at Rose Namajunas’ feedback under (6:40):
