Rose Namajunas saw her opportunity, and she took it.
Clear, calm and free of the burdens that weighed her down during her first title reign, Namajunas landed a clean high kick that ended Zhang Weili’s run as UFC’s strawweight champion.
“I saw an opening,” says Namajunas, who kept her eyes low before the kick, never telegraphing the blow. “My vision was sort of distorted and blurry, and I didn’t even know what I was looking at, other than an opening by her cheek. Then, my foot just moved and filled in that space.”
Namajunas has a history of must-see finishes in her fights.