Rose Namajunas hopes for no less than yet one more Final Preventing Championship (UFC) title run.
UFC heads again to Denver, Colorado, and options an essential Flyweight match up atop the billing as Namajunas appears to be like to take care of her No. 6 spot within the rankings in opposition to the rising contender, Tracy Cortez, this weekend (Sat., July 13, 2024). Though the opponent isn’t who Namajunas was initially set to battle, she expects massive prospects to comply with.
“I’d say I’m proper in that title rivalry talks [with a win],” Namajunas instructed MMA Junkie. “God prepared, I’m wholesome, I’m in form and I’m able to go together with a win and no matter alternatives they wish to give me. I may see myself combating for the belt actually quickly. It’s only a matter of doing my job and combating to the perfect of my talents. Something’s doable.”
Namajunas, 32, made historical past because the youngest feminine champion in UFC historical past when she received the Strawweight title in opposition to Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 217 in November 2017. She had a second stint with the title in 2021 when she defeated the present champion of the division, Zhang Weili, twice.
Ideally for “Thug,” she’ll have the ability to obtain considered one of her longtime objectives earlier than she hangs up the gloves. All of it begins with the primary hometown look of her 18-fight profession (12-6).
“Once I first began my profession within the UFC, that was my imaginative and prescient that I had in thoughts. It wasn’t tremendous stable, however I undoubtedly needed to turn into champion,” Namajunas mentioned. “After which, someplace behind my thoughts, I assumed to turn into champion in two divisions, as properly.
“However that was up to now within the distance, I wasn’t positive if I may make that occur,” she concluded. “However now I do know that I can.”
