Former Final Combating Championship (UFC) ladies’s strawweight champion Rose Namajunas was submitted by Gillian Robertson in simply 65 seconds Friday night time (Dec. 30, 2022) at Fury Professional Grappling 6 reside on UFC Battle Cross from inside 2300 Enviornment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
This Fury 6 card was stacked from high to backside, however one of many largest matchups on the cardboard was a gathering between Namajunas and Robertson. Whereas most informal MMA followers would have picked “Thug” to make the most of her grappling to attain a victory to finish 2022, hardcore followers knew Robertson was going to make this tough for the previous UFC champion.
Robertson, 27, has confirmed to be the most effective feminine submission artists competing inside the Octagon as we speak. With probably the most submissions wins in UFC ladies’s historical past (6) Robertson had all of the ammo she wanted to place Namajunas away early. That’s precisely what she did by forcing “Thug” to faucet by way of rear-naked choke simply 65 seconds into their match.
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Robertson, who’s at present unranked within the UFC ladies’s flyweight division, is coming off a submission win over Mariya Agapova at UFC Vegas 60 this previous September. Namajunas, then again, is recent off her disappointing split-decision title loss to Carla Esparza at UFC 274 this previous Might. Neither fighter is at present scheduled to compete in 2023, however that ought to change within the coming months.
What say you, combat followers? Was this a foul search for Namajunas or is Robertson simply that good?
Hold forth!
