Former two-time strawweight champion Rose Namajunas picked up her first win as a flyweight at UFC on Vegas 89 on March 23. She headlined the occasion on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas towards eighth-ranked Amanda Ribas.
Namajunas defeated Ribas by way of unanimous choice and debuted within the Prime 10 girls’s flyweight rankings. It was her second bout within the 125-pound weight class. She made her flyweight debut towards Manon Fiorot final December and misplaced by choice.
Namajunas made the transfer up a weight class after dropping the strawweight title to Carla Esparza in a rematch at UFC 274. Second-ranked flyweight contender Erin Blanchfield believes Namajunas is a greater as a strawweight.
“I feel she’s higher at 115,” Blanchfield informed The MMA Hour. “I feel simply shifting up a weight class ten kilos like 115 to 125, it is a huge share of your physique weight particularly once you’re that small.
“She received towards Ribas, however Ribas can also be somebody who’s fought at 115. She’s not that huge of a woman,” Blanchfield continued. “She had the one struggle towards Manon and she or he misplaced that. I feel she’s an incredible fighter. I feel he is acquired a whole lot of talent, however I feel she’s going to be just a little outsized at 125.”
Blanchfield (12-1) headlines this weekend’s UFC on ESPN occasion in Atlantic Metropolis towards Manon Fiorot (11-1). Blanchfield is ranked second within the flyweight division whereas Fiorot is ranked third. It is a battle of the profitable streaks. Fiorot will enter the match driving an 11-fight profitable streak whereas Blanchfield has received her final 9 bouts.
