Following the loss of her UFC title, Rose Namajunas was in no rush to jump right back into the championship picture.
Namajunas was coming off of back-to-back wins over Joanna Jedrzejczyk when she ran into Jessica Andrade at UFC 237 last May. All it took was one mistake—Namajunas holding onto an armbar attempt resulting in a fight-ending slam—for Andrade to defeat Namajunas and claim the strawweight crown.
Rather than book an immediate rematch, the UFC matchmakers went with Zhang Weili for Andrade’s first title defense and the belt would change hands again just three months later.