{"id":355805,"date":"2020-07-12T00:44:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T07:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=355805"},"modified":"2020-07-12T00:44:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T07:44:12","slug":"video-rose-namajunas-sends-apology-to-weili-zhang-from-hospital-bed-following-victory-at-ufc-251","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-rose-namajunas-sends-apology-to-weili-zhang-from-hospital-bed-following-victory-at-ufc-251\/","title":{"rendered":"Video | Rose Namajunas sends apology to Weili Zhang from hospital bed following victory at UFC 251"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rose Namajunas offered a good-natured apology to reigning UFC strawweight champion Weili Zhang shortly following the conclusion of UFC 251.<\/p>\n

The former women’s strawweight champion, Namajunas (9-5 MMA), was making her Octagon<\/a> return at tonight’s inaugural Fight Island event in a rematch against the woman who took her title, Jessica Andrade.<\/p>\n

Andrade had defeated Namajunas by way of knockout at UFC 237, this after landing a nasty slam<\/a> which rendered ‘Thug’ unconscious.<\/p>\n

It was thought that the winner of tonight’s rematch would be the next lady in line to challenge Weili Zhang for her strawweight gold.<\/p>\n

Jessica Andrade vs. Rose Namajunas 2 proved to be an absolute thriller<\/a> of a fight. After Rose seemingly got the better of rounds one and two, the Brazilian went for broke in the third and final round and ended up leaving ‘Thug’ with a battered face.<\/p>\n

However, Andrade’s late surge did not prove to be enough to sway all of the judges, as only one member of the staff ended up scoring the bout in her favor.<\/p>\n

Rose Namajunas was taken to hospital shortly following her hard-fought split decision victory over Jessica Andrade.<\/p>\n

From the medical center, ‘Thug’ released the following video (courtesy of ESPN<\/a>) in which she apologized to reigning UFC strawweight queen Weili Zhang.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/espnmma\/status\/1282174076207927297<\/p>\n

“So would you say that was the greatest female fight ever?” Rose was asked by one of her coaches.<\/p>\n

“Probably not. Sorry Weili.” Namajunas confessed. “That was fight of the year (Zhang vs Joanna), I take that back.”<\/p>\n

If you recall, Rose Namajunas had previously shutdown<\/a> the idea of Weili Zhang vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk<\/span> at UFC 248 being touted as the “Fight of the year”.<\/p>\n

Would you like to see Rose Namajunas challenge Weili Zhang for the title next? Share your thoughts in the comments section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPENN.com on July 12, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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