Aiming for a second straight defense of her strawweight championship, “Thug Rose” got off to a strong start against Jessica Andrade in Saturday’s main event at UFC 237 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. However, any advantage she had on the scorecards was erased when Andrade countered a submission attempt with an awe-inducing slam that left Namajunas completely dazed and and eventually TKO’d.
Namajunas, 26, was asked whether she felt she deserved an immediate rematch given how well she was performing up until the fateful finishing sequence, and in answering she raised an entirely different question about her fighting future.