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Rose Namajunas is saying that the praise she received from Mike Tyson is the ‘coolest thing’ that’s happened to her on her MMA journey.<\/p>\n

It will be Rose Namajunas (12-4 MMA), the UFC women’s strawweight champion, going up against Carla Esparza (19-6 MMA) this coming Saturday, May 7th at UFC 274.<\/p>\n

In an interview with ‘ESPN MMA<\/a>‘, Rose shared what it was like being praised by celebrities and athletes like Mike Tyson saying:<\/p>\n

“I know, that was super cool, it was really surreal. Like wow. Every day I’m just like … I wake up and I’m like this is my life, this is crazy! But yeah, he’s one of the best, as far as just truest sense of a fighter and everything in life and fighting. So yeah, what more could I say?”<\/em><\/p>\n

When Rose Namajunas was asked if the Mike Tyson praise was the ‘coolest thing’ that’s happened to her in her fight journey she responded:<\/p>\n

“Definitely Mike Tyson tops, I think for sure. At least that’s the most recent in my mind, yeah.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Mike Tyson, 55, considered one of the greatest heavyweight boxers<\/a> of all time spoke about Rose during a recent episode of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ and praised the fighter, her spirit, her technique and her confidence.<\/p>\n

Rose Namajunas and Carla Esparza have met up previously, back in December of 2014, where it was ‘Cookie Monster’ who came out the victor.<\/p>\n

\"Rose<\/p>\n

Carla is coming into UFC 274 with a record 5 wins in a row, the latest against Xiaonan Yan (15-3 MMA) in May of 2021.<\/p>\n

Rose, ‘Thug’, herself has won her last 3 fights, the most recent in November of 2021 against Weili Zhang (21-3 MMA).<\/p>\n

So it will be Rose vs Carla II this Saturday night at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Will you be watching? What is your predicted outcome for the fight?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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