{"id":267948,"date":"2018-01-16T07:01:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T15:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=267948"},"modified":"2018-01-16T07:02:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T15:02:17","slug":"rose-namajunas-thinks-knows-shell-fight-next-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/rose-namajunas-thinks-knows-shell-fight-next-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Strawweight champ Rose Namajunas thinks she knows who she&#8217;ll fight next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in November, in the first of three title fights on the UFC 217 bill, a widely unheralded Rose Namajunas shocked the world by drubbing Joanna Jedrzejczyk to a first-round knockout win.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the big question has been who Namajunas will fight in her first strawweight title defense.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, she has expressed interested in &#8220;the scariest person,&#8221; Jessica Andrade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, [the question is] who is the scariest person that I could fight? I think that would be cool,&#8221; Namajunas\u00a0recently told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/1\/6\/16842292\/rose-namajunas-talks-trio-of-possible-ufc-title-challengers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a>. &#8220;To me, what sticks out as of right now is Jessica Andrade, but at the same time a rematch with Joanna would be great too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Given that Andrade is now booked for a fight with fellow contender Tecia Torres, Namajunas seems to be leaning further and further in the direction of a rematch with Jedrzejczyk.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Joanna-Jedrzejczyk.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-249036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Joanna-Jedrzejczyk.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Joanna-Jedrzejczyk-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Joanna-Jedrzejczyk-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Joanna-Jedrzejczyk-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It makes sense] for a different number of reasons,\u201d Namajunas told <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/01\/rose-namajunas-rematch-joanna-jedrzejczyk-intimidation-tactics-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a>. \u201cI think that\u2019s definitely the fight that most people want to see, but I\u2019m always open to fighting anyone. We\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Namajunas also commented on Jedrzejczyk&#8217;s trash talk in the lead-up to their first fight. Apparently, it never got under her skin \u2013 and it wouldn&#8217;t a second time around, either.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never really took anything personal, even after the fact,\u201d Namajunas said. \u201cThat\u2019s just what she had to do. That was her best strategy to beat me, but it didn\u2019t work, and it\u2019s still not going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Namajunas has just been adjusting to life as a champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve definitely been continuing my mental growth and trying to map out what the next year is going to look like for me,\u201d Namajunas said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a transition period, basically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Rose Namajunas take on in her first title defense?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 1\/16\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in November, in the first of three title fights on the UFC 217 bill, a widely unheralded Rose Namajunas shocked the world by drubbing Joanna Jedrzejczyk to a first-round knockout win. 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