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After Contemplating Retirement, Rose Namajunas Planning UFC Return in 2020

After being slammed on her head and losing her strawweight title to Jessica Andrade at UFC 237 this past May, Rose Namajunas didn’t sound like someone who was passionate about the future of her fighting career.

“I just want to do something else with my life right now,” she said at the event’s post-fight press conference.

“The Ultimate Fighter 20” finalist has flown under the radar in the six months since that defeat, but during an appearance on "Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show" on Monday, “Thug” Rose confirmed that she will return to the Octagon in the near future.