Former two-time girls’s strawweight titleholder “Thug” Rose Namajunas picked up her second win as a flyweight on Saturday, defeating Tracy Cortez by way of unanimous resolution within the UFC Denver fundamental occasion.
Namajunas used a stiff jab, footwork and well timed takedowns to finish Cortez’ 11-fight profitable streak. She was in a position to land and get out of the way in which of return hearth with out absorbing a lot injury. Within the opening spherical, Namajunas linked with a a left hand that knocked Cortez down. She adopted with a proper that grazed Cortez’ left eye inflicting her eyelash to go flying.
😭 Rose Namajunas knocks off Tracy's eye lashes. pic.twitter.com/bU95afX6R9
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Regardless of the early knockdown, the struggle went the space. Cortez pressed ahead however noticed little offensive success. The judges scored the struggle for Namajunas by unanimous resolution with the scorecards studying 49–46, 49–46, and 48–47.
With the win, Namajunas improved her document to 2-1 within the flyweight division. Following the struggle, she known as for a title shot. A part of the explanation she moved up from the strawweight division to the 125-pound was class was to try to develop into a two-division UFC champion.
Flyweight champion Alexa Grasso is predicted to confronted former titleholder Valentina Shevchenko this fall. The 2 are reverse coaches The Final Fighter 32. It started airing on ESPN in June.
