{"id":369900,"date":"2020-12-02T08:38:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T16:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=369900"},"modified":"2020-12-02T08:38:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T16:38:41","slug":"rose-namajunas-the-lords-prayer-got-me-through-conor-mcgregor-bus-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/rose-namajunas-the-lords-prayer-got-me-through-conor-mcgregor-bus-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose Namajunas: The Lord&#8217;s prayer &#8220;got me through&#8221; Conor McGregor bus attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC strawweight champ Rose Namajunas has opened up on the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rose-namajunas\/coach-says-rose-namajunas-still-traumatized-by-mcgregor-bus-attack-she-doesnt-leave-her-house\/\">traumatizing<\/a> experience of being on the bus Conor McGregor infamously attacked back in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred at the Barclay&#8217;s Center in Brooklyn, NY when McGregor, in a frenzied search for his nemesis Khabib Nurmagomedov, hurled a dolly through the window of a bus carrying a number of UFC fighters\u2014Namajunas included.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the UFC&#8217;s <em>Year of the Fighter<\/em> series, Namajunas opened up on that harrowing moment, explaining why she found it so traumatizing and how she survived it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC Year of the Fighter: Rose Namajunas | UFC FIGHT PASS Original Series Preview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PNOVVxNR9nc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"z08w3C\">\u201cIt was like an eternity being in that bus, because I had no idea who that was that was attacking us,\u201d Namajunas said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/12\/rose-namajunas-opens-up-conor-mcgregor-bus-attack-ufc-223\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cAll of a sudden I see a big ol\u2019 fist kind of bang on my window and then I see one of the security guards grab one of the dudes. I didn\u2019t know it was Conor until a little bit later. When he threw the dolly, the bus was backing up into the elevator spot as he threw it to the window right in front of me. But had the bus not been moving, it would have hit my window.<\/p>\n<p id=\"rrPYzV\">\u201cIn my head, once I found out it was Conor, I was a little relieved, but I still was on edge,\u201d Namajunas added. \u201cIt just took me back to when I was a kid, riding to school through bad neighborhoods on a bus and people throwing shit at our bus. And I\u2019ve never been completely cornered like that. We were just sitting there not in control. So what did I do in that moment? I said the Lord\u2019s prayer again and then it actually did make me feel a little bit better at that moment, and it got me through that tough moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rose Namajunas last fought at UFC 251 in July, when she picked up a split decision win over Jessica Andrade. 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