Last night in the first of three title fights on the stacked UFC 217 bill, Rose Namajunas stepped into the cage with the seemingly unstoppable Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Despite being one of the bigger underdogs on the card, Namajunas came through in the biggest way possible, knocking the champ out in the very first round.
Here’s how Namajunas’ fellow pros reacted to her incredible first-round title win!
Omfg !!!
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) November 5, 2017
THUG ROSEEEEEE 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
— Megan Olivi (@MeganOlivi) November 5, 2017
Hahaha your welcome rose hahah that jinx was all me
— Randa Markos (@randamma) November 5, 2017
Wooooooooooooooooow. Freaking awesome
— Tim Sylvia (@timsylviamma) November 5, 2017
DB is a f-ing genius! #UFC217
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) November 5, 2017
Wow congratulations @rosenamajunas
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) November 5, 2017
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) November 5, 2017
I really like Joana but she was too cocky. Congrats Rose #UFC217
— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) November 5, 2017
Daaaaaaamn!!!!
— Joe Schilling (@JoeSchilling187) November 5, 2017
Whaaaaaat!!!!!! I love JJ. But I’m happy for Rose. #ufc217
— Chris Clements (@menaceclements) November 5, 2017
THUG ROSE!!!!!!!! @rosenamajunas
— Lance Palmer (@LancePalmer) November 5, 2017
HOLY SHIT THUG ROSE….. That was insane
— Nick Newell (@NotoriousNewell) November 5, 2017
Wow! Rose’s game was on point. Great work @TrevorWittman.
— Brandon Gibson (@SixGunGibson) November 5, 2017
Congrats to Thug Rose. Wow. #UFC217 pic.twitter.com/Qj5LDqECZK
— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) November 5, 2017
Rose with an unbelievable performance
Happy to see her win that title!
That’s a champion right there— TJ Grant (@TJ_Grant) November 5, 2017
With this win over Jedrzejczyk, Namajunas moves onto a two-fight streak, having also recently bested Michelle Waterson. Jedrzejczyk, meanwhile, loses for the first time as a pro mixed martial artist.
What did you think of Rose Namajunas’ incredible win at UFC 217?
This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 5/11/2017.