{"id":145716,"date":"2015-05-25T09:14:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T16:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=145716"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:17:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:17:18","slug":"thug-rose-namajunas-reflects-on-fight-cancelation-at-ufc-187","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/thug-rose-namajunas-reflects-on-fight-cancelation-at-ufc-187\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Thug&#8221; Rose Namajunas Reflects on Fight Cancelation at UFC 187"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Thug-Rose-WINS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Thug-Rose-WINS.png\" alt=\"Thug Rose WINS\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Thug-Rose-WINS.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Thug-Rose-WINS-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Thug-Rose-WINS-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Thug-Rose-WINS-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rose Namajunas&#8217; was set to finally return to the octagon at UFC 187 in a strawweight bout with Nina Ansaroff, but Ansaroff fell ill with the flu and was forced to pull out of the bout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m feeling; I\u2019m really confused about the whole thing,\u201d Namajunas told <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/05\/rose-namajunas-on-ufc-187-fight-cancellation-you-dont-think-itll-happen-at-this-level\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>. \u201cThis has never happened to me. 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