Jéssica challenged champion Namajunas (Photo: Reproduction/Instagram Jessicammapro)
The surprising victory of Rose namajunas over Joanna Jędrzejczyk at UFC 217, held last Saturday (04), shook up the women's strawweight category. Aware of the opportunity that had just arisen, Jessica Stacker He wasted no time and tried to challenge the new champion. Through a social network, the Brazilian asked for a new chance to compete for the belt in the under-52kg division.
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“Today was a decisive night for the UFC strawweight division. The invincible Joanna Champion lost her majesty, thus ending a cycle of reign. Congratulations to Rose namajunas, a great fighter, all my respect to her who endured Joanna's provocations every week of the fight and didn't lose her temper, she saved everything for the exact moment! Watching as a spectator today I asked myself a question, why didn't Joanna fight me the same way she fought Rose? She didn't get closer for a minute, and when she got closer we exchanged a lot of punches, but from the 2nd round onwards she just connected weak blows and ran, with the intention of just scoring points. Finally, I want my new chance to fight for the belt, this time with the new champion Rose namajunas. Many don't know and I also didn't make a point of publishing it in the media because after the defeat it could sound like an excuse, yes, I was injured when I fought for the belt with Joanna, I was injured the week of the fight, and I still decided to fight! Maybe it was my mistake but I needed to try, I recovered like you will in the fight with Gadelha, and I evolved YES, I YES deserve a new chance! I want to fight for the belt and I'm here asking publicly, to my fans, friends and everyone who follows my work. Help me, let's make this fight happen!”, wrote Jéssica, who also took advantage of the publication to tag Dana White, president of the UFC, and Sean Shelby, matchmaker responsible for matching fights in the organization.
Number 1 in the women's strawweight rankings, Bate-Estaca already challenged for the category's belt in May this year, but was defeated in the decision by the then champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk. She recovered in September, when she dominantly beat her compatriot Claudinha gadelha. At just 25 years old, she has 17 wins and six losses as a professional (8-4 in the UFC).
Namajunas, who won the belt by knocking out Jędrzejczyk in the first round, has a history of five wins and two setbacks in the UFC. A participant in TUF 20, she competed for the inaugural strawweight belt against Carla esparza, in 2014, but lost by submission. At the same age as the Brazilian, 'Thug', as she is known, has seven positive results and three negative results on her record.
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