{"id":383258,"date":"2021-04-25T11:42:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T18:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=383258"},"modified":"2021-04-25T11:43:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T18:43:03","slug":"rose-namajunas-releases-statement-following-head-kick-ko-win-over-weili-zhang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/rose-namajunas-releases-statement-following-head-kick-ko-win-over-weili-zhang\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose Namajunas releases statement following head kick KO win over Weili Zhang at UFC 261"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC women’s strawweight champion Rose Namajunas issued a statement following her head kick KO win over Weili Zhang at UFC 261.<\/p>\n

Namajunas entered the UFC 261 co-main event as a considerable betting underdog<\/a>, but she showed that the odds were wrong and she was being overlooked with a brutal head kick KO just over a minute into the fight. For Namajunas, it was a successful opportunity to win back the women’s 115lbs belt that she lost to Jessica Andrade in Brazil two years ago by taking out Zhang and snapping her 20-fight win streak. It was an incredible upset on a night that saw a number of underdogs walk away with the win in Jacksonville, Florida.<\/p>\n

The day after UFC 261, Namajunas took to her social media to issue a statement following her knockout win over Zhang. Check out what “Thug” wrote on her Instagram<\/a> below.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by Rose Namajunas (@rosenamajunas)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n