Appearance-wise, Rose Namajunas may be the least-intimidating UFC fighter ever. She's petite, soft-spoken and more of an introvert, but as a champion for much of her professional career, she's been forced into the limelight.
Namajunas, who had two reigns as the UFC's strawweight champion, proves that appearances are often deceiving. She's been one of the sport's most exciting fighters and scored a number of jaw-dropping finishes. In one of the defining wins of her early UFC career, she beat Paige Van Zant into a bloody pulp before scoring a submission win.
"Because of the things I've been through, it's easy for me to go into that mode," Namajunas said."Unfortunately, we live in a world where sometimes, you have to defend yourself. And so I carried what I had experienced into the Octagon with me. It's kind of like taking something bad and turning it into something good. It's just self-defense, man, and martial arts. That's just who I am.
"I've always felt this way," Namajunas said of her faith."There have been times I've veered off the path and gone down some dark paths, but as of lately in my life, it's gotten to the point where I can't deny what I know. This is what I'm here for and I think people need to hear it. They need to hear it even more these days because there's a lot of confusion and things that are going on.
Fiorot is ranked No. 3 at flyweight and No. 10 on the UFC's pound-for-pound list. Given that champion Alexa Grasso and No. 1 contender and former champion Valentina Shevchenko are meeting in a rematch on Sept. 16 in Las Vegas, it's not unreasonable to think Fiorot could face the Grasso-Shevchenko winner with a victory over Namajunas.
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