Rose vs Valentina

[Aurelian]

Rose would just get bully beatdowned like Andrade did and she knows it. She'll stay in her lane if Pat knows what's best

Val and Rose train together. It's a benefit for Rose to learn from one of the greatest. Valentina correctly predicted Rose would beat Zhang fairly easily.

 

[jamiehunter]

IMO the reason the Weili/Valentina fight has been bandied about but Rose/Valentina hasn't been is b/c of how Weili and Rose look. Rose looks less physically imposing compared to Weili so the idea Weili could move up & have a competitive fight with Val (or even win) was an easier sell. Probably less of an easy sell now that Rose KO'd Weili tho.

As for Rose/Valentina I doubt Valentina would even be open to it. She was asked about it soon after Rose beat Weili (I think by Helwani but don't quote me) & seemed pretty against it. She did seem more open to a Weili fight though when asked in the same interview. Not gunning for it but more saying she'd fight her if Weili moved to 125 & earned a shot. By comparison fighting Rose sounded like a harder no.

 

[Sanserif]

IMO the reason the Weili/Valentina fight has been bandied about but Rose/Valentina hasn't been is b/c of how Weili and Rose look. Rose looks less physically imposing compared to Weili so the idea Weili could move up & have a competitive fight with Val (or even win) was an easier sell. Probably less of an easy sell now that Rose KO'd Weili tho.

As for Rose/Valentina I doubt Valentina would even be open to it. She was asked about it soon after Rose beat Weili (I think by Helwani but don't quote me) & seemed pretty against it. She did seem more open to a Weili fight though when asked in the same interview. Not gunning for it but more saying she'd fight her if Weili moved to 125 & earned a shot. By comparison fighting Rose sounded like a harder no.

When a fighter accepts a fight against a teammate things may not be ever he same again after that. Cormier lways refused to fight velasqudz because of their friendship and moved to lhw because of that. Shevchenko and namajmas look like they have a older and younger sister type of friendship so I am not surprised by the founder's response.

 

[sfer1]

When a fighter accepts a fight against a teammate things may not be ever he same again after that. Cormier lways refused to fight velasqudz because of their friendship and moved to lhw because of that. Shevchenko and namajmas look like they have a older and younger sister type of friendship so I am not surprised by the founder's response.

Rose and Valentina aren't teammates though. They've trained together a few times, but Shevchenko isn't part of the team, like Usman and Gaethje.

It's clear that Valentina wants Rose to do well at 115 and Rose, who admires Valentina., wouldn't go for her title. We agree on that. It's a fantasy match-up, unlikely to happen any time soon. What I find absurd is people saying Valentina would destroy Rose. I'm sure Valentina doesn't think that. She always speaks highly of Rose.

 

[Aluminati]

There isn't a single thing Rose is good at that Valentina isn't vastly better at.

Not to mention she is way bigger and could just daughter her with complete ease and without technique if she wanted to.

It's almost like people forget that Rose started training with Val back before the first JJ fight and have become close since.

 

[Sanserif]

Rose and Valentina aren't teammates though. They've trained together a few times, but Shevchenko isn't part of the team, like Usman and Gaethje.

It's clear that Valentina wants Rose to do well at 115 and Rose, who admires Valentina., wouldn't go for her title. We agree on that. It's a fantasy match-up, unlikely to happen any time soon. What I find absurd is people saying Valentina would destroy Rose. I'm sure Valentina doesn't think that. She always speaks highly of Rose.

I am sure Shevchenko meant it when she praised namajunas. On the other hand she also has a very strong view of herself and I am sure also she believes that she has the decided advantage in any fight between them.

 

[xhaydenx]

It's almost like people forget that Rose started training with Val back before the first JJ fight and have become close since.

Yeh, that too.

Do they actually train together regularly though?