4. ‘Thug Rose’ rebounds
[autotag]Rose Namajunas[/autotag] proved that she is the superior fighter to Jessica Andrade in the rematch. Yes, the fight was scored a split decision and she left with a brutal shiner that required immediate transportation to a local hospital, but she got her hand raised.
The fight was largely what we saw between Namajunas and Andrade the first time around but with a different ending. Before Namajunas suffered a horrifying slam knockout loss to Andrade at UFC 237 in May 2019 that cost her the UFC strawweight title, she was picking her Brazilian foe apart.
Andrade definitely made improvement in her striking and busted up Namajunas’ face, but if we were to see a trilogy, it’s likely Namajunas would be a considerable favorite. It’s quite clear she’s at worse the second best 115-pound fighter in the world, and a showdown with champ Zhang Weili is now inevitable.
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