Miranda
Maverick fought at a diminished capacity for at least a portion
of her encounter with Rose
Namajunas in the UFC
Atlanta co-main event.
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Maverick revealed that she suffered a torn ACL in the second round
of the flyweight bout, which Namajunas won via unanimous decision.
Despite that injury, the Elevation Fight Team representative made
it a competitive fight, even threatening her opponent with an
arm-triangle choke near the end of Round 2.
While Namajunas was credited with a knockdown in the third frame,
Maverick claims that it was directly related to her knee.
“Not the result I wanted but I fought with what I had. My ACL was
torn in the second round (I’ll have to rewatch to know exactly when
but I think it was during a takedown exchange). I never got
dropped, but I was unstable on my legs so as soon as I got hit in
the third round my leg buckled,” Maverick wrote on Instagram. “ I’m
blessed I was able to make it to the end of the fight, and I’m
honored that I got to share the cage with the legend [Rose
Namajunas].
“I’ll take this layoff in stride and you will see me again! But for
now, time to recover and figure some things out.”
Maverick entered UFC Atlanta on a four-bout winning streak, with
victories over Jamey-Lyn
Horth, Dione
Barbosa, Andrea Lee
and Priscila
Cachoeira to her credit. The 27-year-old is 9-4 during her
tenure with the Las Vegas-based promotion.