Former UFC women’s strawweight champion Rose Namajunas is branching out into modeling.<\/p>\n
‘Thug Rose’ has been out of action since her fight with Carla Esparza<\/a> in May. The bout was a rematch of their first encounter at The Ultimate Fighter Finale in 2014. In their first outing, Esparza picked up a third-round submission victory to become strawweight champion.<\/p>\n In the rematch, ‘Cookie Monster’ moved to 2-0 in the series, albeit in a less entertaining affair. At UFC 274, Esparza scored a split-decision victory to reclaim the gold. The loss ended Namajunas’s second run with the title, as she re-captured it the previous year with a knockout win over Weili Zhang.<\/p>\n Since the defeat, Rose Namajunas has been quiet as to a return. Although, she hasn’t had a shortage of challengers. Names such as Yan Xiaonan<\/a> and Marina Rodriguez have called for matchups with the former champion, but nothing has come to fruition.<\/p>\n The time off has likely been good for the former strawweight champion, as it has allowed her to pursue other avenues. On Instagram<\/a>, we learned that Namajunas has decided to branch out and do some modeling for Victora’s Secret.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A post shared by Victoria’s Secret (@victoriassecret)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n