Former two-time strawweight champion Rose Namajunas will have her second fight at flyweight in the UFC 240 main event on March 30. She takes on eighth-ranked Amanda Ribas.
Namajunas lost her flyweight debut in September dropping an unanimous decision to Manon Fiorot. Not only has Namajunas changed her weight class, she’s cut out caffeine, recommitted to her faith and has worked to become a better person.
“I just been working through a lot of things spiritually. I’ve been changing a lot of things. I’ve been changing a lot of things in my life and I feel like I’m at a point right now where, awe, I feel like I figured some stuff out. It just didn’t go my way but it almost gave me more fuel. I know that I’m 31 now. I don’t have the most time but I feel like I’m right at that spot where it’s like physically and mentally, I’m still feeling really good physically. I feel like now is the time,” Namajunas told The MMA Hour.
“It’s really exciting because one: it’s like I achieved everything that I wanted to achieve at 115 and this is like sort of the last of my to-do list as far as my MMA career. I just want to make some noise at 125, get that belt again. That would be super cool. Wherever God leads…
