Rose Namajunas deserves some respect

[Geniusss]

People forget she beat Joanna and Weili? TWICE? Back to back?

-She made Joanna tap to strikes and gave her the immediate rematch and beat her again. Back to back.
-She KO'd Weili easily in the 1st round and gave her the immediate rematch (that she didn't even deserve) and still beat her again back to back.

She lost to Andrade and avenged that loss immediately.

I see many ppl turning on Rose after her fight with Esparza, but it was more her team's fault, we all know how skillful and good she is.

Also it wasn't like she got knocked out or something. I don't get why she is getting so much hate lately, ppl most forgot she beat the "Greatest strawweights of all time" 4 times ? Against all the odds?

She never gets the belt by some lame ass decision like Esparza, she knocks bitches out, the best ones

Put some respect on her name, man

 

[Fatback96]

I’d pick Andrade to beat her in a trilogy. Rose looked like she gassed in their rematch and it was only a 3 rounder.

 

[Soggust]

She has one of those careers that I feel is going to age semi-poorly due to her W/L (because of strength of competition), but she is an absolute dawwwgggg (f'n champion) that we will be defending to the new generation of fans that just don't get it.

 

[Poirierfan]

Great fighter with one of the weakest minds in mma imo, and only made worse by creepy Barry.

 

[TheTickG]

When she lost the belt the second time, it was one of my favorite WMMA fights. That's kind of like respect...

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

Has she grown her hair back?

 

[Luthien]

Rose with her head screwed on right is lethal

 

[VinceArch]

0-2.

 

[Dreyga Hates You Sherbums]

Sadly, fans only think you are as good as your last fight. They are quick to forget everything else you have done in your career.

 

[Oris79]

She's a top level fighter - no doubt about that.

 

[Sweater of AV]

Don’t be silly. She had a boring fight so she was never any good.

Is normal.

 

[Jackonfire]

Sadly, fans only think you are as good as your last fight. They are quick to forget everything else you have done in your career.

Nonsense. I still remember the first time she lost to Carla as well as the second time.

 

[AmonTobin]

She’s not the best. She’s not the best. She’s not the best.

 

[AmonTobin]

I was a thug rose fan but that last showing was:

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

But does she have her Bachelors in Thug-a-nomics?

 

[FrankDux]

WMMA. Sorry. Boring.

 

[RUSFANHERE]

KTFO'd 2 wmma goats. That alone is enough.

 

[Lee_]

0-2.

I like this GIF.

 

[Lee_]

Rose deserves respect, but I think Weili has overtaken her now and could beat her.

As far as the borefest with Carla, a lot of that is on her coach. There is a little thing called the jab, which doesn't require much commitment in terms of opening yourself up to getting taken down. She could easily have won that and made it a more impressive fight by popping the jab out there instead of just dancing away from Carla the whole time and not fighting to avoid the TD.

 

[Lawrence]

The last performance is rightly criticized. But it also really appeared that she was following her coaches game plan and her corner was directing her to do exactly what she did.

She did not have a "mental breakdown"

Rose has never in her championship runs wilted, quit or shown mental weakness in the cage.

The mental weakness narrative really cannot be carried into her actual performances in my opinion.

I do think she needs to get busy and expand her team to give her better game planning and cornering. However, her gameplans other than the last fight were good enough to beat the best again and again.