Rose Namajunas needs to clear the air.
The Flyweight debut of the previous two-time Strawweight champion, Namajunas, was spoiled at UFC Paris this previous weekend (Sept. 2, 2023). Tasked with surging high contender, Manon Fiorot, Namajunas got here up quick in an thrilling unanimous resolution loss.
Sadly for “Thug,” the loss was her second in a row after dropping her 115-pound crown to Carla Esparza in her final struggle in Might 2022. As Namajunas made the stroll to the Octagon, the omission of her longtime coach on the Elevation Combat Crew, Trevor Wittman, was made obvious. Due to this fact, main followers and spectators to level the blame at Namajunas’ fiance and cornerman, Pat Barry.
“Everyone needs to s—t on Pat and simply makes assumptions as a result of that’s the way in which issues are it doesn’t matter what,” Namajunas stated in an Instagram stay story. “Persons are simply going to imagine that he’s the rationale why he (Trevor) wasn’t in my nook. It has nothing to do with Pat, it has the whole lot to do with me and [Justin] Gaethje and him having a struggle with the BMF (Baddest Motherf—ker) and all that stuff and I didn’t wish to intervene and I stayed again.
“There’s extra to it than that, however for essentially the most half, that’s all I feel wish to say about that as a result of {our relationships} are very — we’re very shut individuals and it’s no one’s enterprise,” she concluded.
Namajunas revealed that the timing of her struggle provide to face France’s Fiorot got here mid-way by way of Gaethje’s coaching camp for his large rematch towards Dustin Poirier. “The Spotlight” wound up defeating Poirier with a second spherical head kick (watch highlights) at UFC 291 in July 2023.
For Namajunas, the whole lot was only a bit too scattered in additional methods than one as Wittman can be within the means of relocating the fitness center. As soon as issues are secure once more, the intention is to reunite.
“The mind-set I used to be in, I couldn’t carry that round him,” Namajunas stated. “So, the truth that I might contribute to him not doing properly has not sit proper with me since that Carla [Esparza] struggle so I took it upon myself to remain again.”
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