Back in the winner’s circle! Monster Energy congratulates MMA athlete Rose Namajunas on defeating Amanda Ribas at the UFC Vegas 89 Fight Night in Las Vegas. In the main event fight, which was contested in the women’s flyweight division, the 31-year-old mixed martial artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, went the distance to earn the unanimous decision victory (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) after five rounds.
UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas, also known as UFC Vegas 89, was contested inside the UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas. With six fights on the Main Card, the event was broadcast live to fans via the ESPN+ platform.
Monster Energy’s Namajunas (13-6) came to Las Vegas looking for a victory after most recently suffering a loss against Manon Fiorot at UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac in September 2023. Namajunas is a two-time UFC champion at strawweight and stepped into the Octagon in the flyweight division for the second.
Her opponent, 30-year-old Ribas (12-5) from Brazil, recently defeated fellow Brazilian Luana Pinheiro via TKO at UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig in November 2023. With years of experience fighting at flyweight, Ribas proved a challenge for Namajunas’ second fight in the division.
From the start, the night’s main event fight unfolded as a tight contest. Both fighters landed precise blows and avoided exposing themselves to massive damage, but Namajunas clearly held the top position whenever the action moved to the canvas.
Drawing on her experience as a former champion, Namajunas also controlled the range of strikes throughout the fight and landed almost 50 percent of her shots. She continued to control the action on the ground for almost seven minutes total and shut down Ribas’ takedown attempts.
When all was said and done, the judges pronounced Namajunas the winner by unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) after five rounds.
“Man, it’s good to get your hand raised,” said Monster Energy’s Namajunas after claiming the victory in the headline fight in Las Vegas, adding: “I know I still have things to work on. She did really good, but I was able to just stay calm in there.”
When asked about her next challenge, Namajunas pointed out the winner of the fight between Fiorot and Erin Blanchfield. She also called out Maycee Barber as a possible opponent. Stay tuned now that “Thug” Rose is back to her winning ways!
Rose Namajunas counts amongst Monster Energy’s elite UFC athletes along with Kamaru Usman, Jon Jones, Chris Weidman, Marlon Vera, Michael Chandler, Justin Gaethje, Yair Rodriguez, Jessica-Rose Clark, Valentina Shevchenko, Brandon Moreno, Daniel Rodriguez, Punahele Soriano, Gilbert Burns, Giga Chikadze, Islam Makhachev, Johnny Walker, Beneil Dariush, Gaston Bolanos, Brendan Allen, Jalin Turner, Sean Strickland, Zhang Weili, Raul Rosas Jr., Dan Ige, Diego Lopes, Alex Pereira, Daniel Zellhuber, Derrick Lewis, Belal Muhammad and Cameron Saaiman.
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