Rose Namajunas says she has no plans to maneuver again right down to strawweight as she remains to be concentrating on turning into a two-weight UFC champion at flyweight.
The American is a two-time strawweight champion and thought of among the finest fighters ever at 115lb, however her fortunes at flyweight (125lb) have been blended with a 2-2 file since 2023.
Namajunas, 32, faces Miranda Maverick on Saturday in Atlanta and says she would solely return to strawweight for a giant struggle.
“I do know that folks attempt to inform me what to do or recommendation about my profession. I do know myself and I do know what I am doing. Yeah perhaps I had some blended outcomes. However there are quite a lot of components that go into it, that folks do not find out about,” Namajunas mentioned at a UFC media day.
“I’ve already bought to the highest of [the strawweight division]. With the time I’ve left in my profession, that is the subsequent largest problem.
“It bought to the purpose at 115lb I had so many rematches and I used to be preventing the identical individuals. I’ve that aim of turning into two-division champion.”
Namajunas misplaced a factors choice to Erin Blanchfield in her final outing in November, describing it as hitting a “pace bump” and has additionally been crushed by title contender Manon Fiorot.
The Milwaukee native, who’s 13-7 total in her MMA profession, says her aim is to earn a title shot.
“I nonetheless really feel prefer it’s potential and it’s extremely in attain. I used to be truly on this place earlier than at 115lb the place I used to be making a title run and I fought Karolina [Kowalkiewicz] in Atlanta a few years in the past,” she mentioned.
“I assumed I used to be getting that title shot proper after that and I misplaced and I needed to rebuild myself. Right here I’m once more.”
