Rose Namajunas has huge plans. The previous two-time UFC ladies’s strawweight queen just lately revealed why it is necessary for her to achieve 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 resolution. 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 resolution.
Later this week at UFC 324, ‘Thug’ was initially imagined to lock horns with former champion Alexa Grasso. Nonetheless, Grasso withdrew due to harm. Now, Namajunas will tackle the quantity two-ranked UFC ladies’s flyweight contender, Natalia Silva.
Rose Namajunas confesses why she needs Two-Division Glory, compares it to Reaching Tremendous Saiyan Stage Two
Forward of UFC 324, the 33-year-old appeared on The Ariel Helwani Present. When requested by the titular host what continues to drive her to turn into a two-division UFC champion, Rose Namajunas acknowledged that cash remains to be a motivating issue.
Nonetheless, she confused that reaching 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 Stage 2.
“I don’t know in case you ever watched Dragon Ball Z, however you get to Tremendous Saiyan, proper? Tremendous Saiyan degree 1 is changing 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? Turning into a champion there could be like attending to Tremendous Saiyan degree 2… Every little thing’s simply larger on the subsequent weight class; you’ve received to do all the things higher and larger and stronger. [That’s why the two‑division thing is important to me. It just sets you above].”
Try Rose Namajunas’ feedback beneath (6:40):
