Rose
Namajunas isn’t listening to the naysayers – and that includes
UFC Fight Night 226 opponent Manon
Fiorot.
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The former strawweight champion revealed during a video on social
media that she plans on remaining at 125 pounds following a
unanimous decision loss to Fiorot in the UFC Fight Night 226
co-main event this past Saturday.
“I’m definitely going to stay [at flyweight],” Namajunas said. “I
want to put a little more muscle on. I don’t want to go back down
[to strawweight], definitely not. I felt so much better not cutting
that weight.
“I already did conquer 115 and to go and do that again, that just
seems harder than conquering 125 because of that freaking weight
cut. Seriously. Draining your body like that is not good. Your
kidneys and your brain and all that stuff. Plus I have a little
more time. I’m going to definitely be lifting some freaking weights
more. I’ve already been lifting a lot and I got a lot stronger but
next time will be even more.”
Namajunas was competitive throughout the contest, despite
dislocating her finger in the opening stanza (It was initially
feared that she suffered a fracture). “Thug” Rose took issue with
Fiorot’s post-fight claim that she is too small for the weight
class.
“I might have had some moments of freaking out because I couldn’t
grip my fingers together or I couldn’t make a fist but definitely
not too small,” Namajunas said. “If anything, why were you running
away from [somebody] too small? Why did you originally call me out
if I’m too small? I have no problems if she thinks she won. Great.
Respect. But don’t say I’m too small because that’s not the case at
all.”