Rose Namajunas nearly gave up her career: ”Thought I was done”

”Thug” Rose Namajunas. Photo: USA Today Sports

Two-time strawweight champion Rose Namajunas will make her flyweight debut against Manon Fiorot at UFC Paris in September.

However, ”Thug Rose” recently revealed that she was close to retire after losing the title to Carla Esparza In May last year.

”I definitely thought I was done, for a good amount of time,” Namajunas said at the MMA Hour. ”There’s definitely a number of things, but the way I felt going into the lockerroom, I just didn’t feel aggressive and I felt like ’I don’t really want to hurt anybody’. I just thought I was done. There were a bunch of other factors that went into it, but it’s obviously not the first time that I questioned whether I should keep doing this or not.”

”I already achieved becoming a champion, defending a champion belt, losing it, and then even at that point when I lost it and was on my way to when I decided to rematch Andrade, and I wanted her because I wanted to fix that mistake, I never thought I was gonna make it to the belt again.”

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Rose Namajunas: ”I don’t have a ton of time left”

However, after feeling that God wanted her to continue fighting, Rose Namajunas was ready to start a new chapter at flyweight.

”I’ve been gifted with the warrior spirit and something special. I don’t have a ton of time left, but I know I’m not finished yet in this chapter.”

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