6. Rose Namajunas (1 title defense as strawweight champion)
[autotag]Rose Namajunas[/autotag] scored a massive upset, when she dethroned Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the first round at UFC 217.
The general notion was that Namajunas had to take the fight to the ground to beat Jedrzejczyk, but Namajunas looked flawless on the feet. She went on to defeat Jedrzejczyk by unanimous decision in the rematch at UFC 223, proving that the first time wasn’t a fluke. Though she lost her title to Jessica Andrade in her next fight, Namajunas was putting on a striking clinic before she was slammed and knocked out cold.
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