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Rose Namajunas wins UFC's strawweight title with shocking knockout of Zhang Weili

Folks, Rose Namajunas has done it again.

Less than four years after winning the UFC's strawweight championship in a shocking knockout of Joanna Jedrzejczyk in New York, Namajunas (10-4) knocked out Zhang Weili with a left head kick just 1:18 into the opening round. The 115-pound title fight co-headlined UFC 261 at Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida.

"I did it again," said Namajunas, through tears. "I am the best."

Namajunas, 28, has essentially grown up in UFC title fights. She fought in the UFC's inaugural strawweight title fight in 2014 at the age of 22, and lost to Carla Esparza.