Former UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas endured a terrible performance in her flyweight debut. Namajunas fought at UFC Paris over the weekend, delivering a second lackluster performance in a row for her flyweight debut.
Her fight against Manon Fiorot ended in a decision loss for Namajunas, who refuses to consider retirement despite her abysmal run of recent fights.
Rose Namajunas Refuses To Retire After Dismal UFC Paris Performance
Dislocating her pinky finger early in the fight heavily compromised Namajunas, so first of all, she wants a rematch. “Definitely rematch comes to mind or I’ll get her eventually because I almost beat her with one hand.
That’s my biggest gripe, I didn’t listen to nothing. I gave Manon respect. I was the one that walked up to her, shook her hand, [said] good job, good fight, blah, blah, blah. When she was sitting on the stool, I was standing up, ready to go two more rounds with one hand.
Then I didn’t listen to the rest of her interview, everything she said word for word but I did see a headline she says I’m too small and I didn’t win a round.
Well, I disagree with both of those things. I think I dropped your ass, so I’m definitely not too small. I might have had some moments of freaking out because I couldn’t grip my fingers together or I couldn’t make a fist but definitely not too small.
If anything, why were you running away from [somebody] too small? Why did you originally call me out if I’m too small? I have no problems if she thinks she won.
Great. Respect. But don’t say I’m too small because that’s not the case at all.”Namajunas is also refusing to considering fighting at strawweight again. “I’m definitely going to stay [at flyweight].
I want to put a little more muscle on. I don’t want to go back down [to strawweight], definitely not. I felt so much better not cutting that weight.
I already did conquer 115 and to go and do that again, that just seems harder than conquering 125 because of that freaking weight cut. Seriously.
Draining your body like that is not good. Your kidneys and your brain and all that stuff. Plus I have a little more time. I’m going to definitely be lifting some freaking weights more.
I’ve already been lifting a lot and I got a lot stronger but next time will be even more.”
