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Dana White: Rose Namajunas/Zhang Weili Rematch “Makes Sense”

Dana White doesn’t hate the idea of an immediate rematch for Zhang Weili after losing to Rose Namajunas via first-round TKO at UFC 261. Rose Namajunas made history at UFC 261 by becoming the first woman to become a two-time champion. After losing the s…

Dana White doesn’t hate the idea of an immediate rematch for Zhang Weili after losing to Rose Namajunas via first-round TKO at UFC 261. Rose Namajunas made history at UFC 261 by becoming the first woman to become a two-time champion. After losing the strawweight title in 2019 to Jessica Andrade, Namajunas was able to […]

Rose Namajunas Stops Zhang Weili With Early High Kick KO – UFC 261 Highlights

NamajunasAnd New. ‘Thug’ Rose Namajunas has reclaimed the undisputed UFC strawweight championship — with arguably one of the greatest knockouts in title fight history. With just over a minute elapsed in the opening round as Weili attempted to find her range with some low kicks, Namajunas sprang with a picture-perfect, left high-kick, sending the incumbent […]

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And New. ‘Thug’ Rose Namajunas has reclaimed the undisputed UFC strawweight championship — with arguably one of the greatest knockouts in title fight history.

With just over a minute elapsed in the opening round as Weili attempted to find her range with some low kicks, Namajunas sprang with a picture-perfect, left high-kick, sending the incumbent to the canvas — before following up with two hammerfists, forcing referee, Keith Peterson to stop the contest.

Namajunas becomes a two-time strawweight champion, and becomes the first woman in the promotion’s history to lose and then reclaim a title.

Below, catch Namajunas’ massive high-kick win over Weili.

Fighters React To Zhang Weili vs. Rose Namajunas At UFC 261

Zhang Weili vs. Rose Namajunas was everything and more that fight fans had hoped to see.  The showdown served as the main event of the UFC 261 pay-per-view event on Saturday night (April 24, 2021) from Jacksonville, Florida at the VyStar Veterans …

Zhang Weili vs. Rose Namajunas was everything and more that fight fans had hoped to see.  The showdown served as the main event of the UFC 261 pay-per-view event on Saturday night (April 24, 2021) from Jacksonville, Florida at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. As seen in the fight, it didn’t last long. Rose caught […]

UFC 261 Highlights: Rose Namajunas Wins Strawweight Title With Head Kick KO

Zhang Weili vs. Rose Namajunas served as the co-main event and it was just what the promotion had hyped.  The two fighters met in a women’s strawweight title bout on Saturday night (April 24, 2021) at the UFC 261 pay-per-view event from Jacksonvil…

Zhang Weili vs. Rose Namajunas served as the co-main event and it was just what the promotion had hyped.  The two fighters met in a women’s strawweight title bout on Saturday night (April 24, 2021) at the UFC 261 pay-per-view event from Jacksonville, Florida at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. This one didn’t last long […]

Rose Namajunas Quickly Stops Zhang Weili – UFC 261 Results

Zhang WeiliIn the UFC 261 co-main event, Zhang Weili puts her strawweight title on the line against Rose Namajunas. Round 1: Zhang Weili opens up with a leg kick to Rose Namajunas. The former champion is bouncing around the Octagon early. Weili is trying to slow her down with kicks. ‘Thug Rose’ is Popping her jab. […]

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In the UFC 261 co-main event, Zhang Weili puts her strawweight title on the line against Rose Namajunas.

Round 1: Zhang Weili opens up with a leg kick to Rose Namajunas. The former champion is bouncing around the Octagon early. Weili is trying to slow her down with kicks. ‘Thug Rose’ is Popping her jab. Namajunas lands a huge head kick that drops the champion. She follows up with ground strikes to finish the fight and reclaim the 115lb belt.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Rose Namajunas def. Zhang Weili via TKO in round one.

UFC 261 Results: Usman vs. Masvidal II

ResultsLowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal results throughout the afternoon (Sat. 24th. April 2021) from the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Taking main event honours as part of a championship tripleheader, welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman meets with BMF titleholder, Jorge Masvidal in a rematch of their UFC 251 main event last […]

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LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal results throughout the afternoon (Sat. 24th. April 2021) from the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida.

Taking main event honours as part of a championship tripleheader, welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman meets with BMF titleholder, Jorge Masvidal in a rematch of their UFC 251 main event last July on ‘Fight Island’.

Initially meeting last summer on just six day’s notice, Masvidal saw his three-fight winning spree halted by Usman via a largely one-sided unanimous decision loss.

In the time since, Masvidal has yet to compete, while Usman notched his third successful title defence in the form of a third round knockout win over Gilbert Burns in the main event of UFC 258 in February.

In the co-main event slot, strawweight champion, Zhang Weili attempts to score her second successful defence of the 115-pound title, as she matches with former gold holder, Rose Namajunas.

Weili returns for the first time since UFC 248 last March, where she defeated another former titleholder, Joanna Jedrzejczyk via a close split decision, in the consensus Fight of the Year.

For Namajunas, the Denver-based contender returns as the number-one contender off the back of a close split decision win of her own over another former champion, Jessica Andrade at UFC 251 in July, in a rematch win.

In the first of our title tripleheader, Valentina Shevchenko puts her flyweight championship on the line as she meets with the aforenoted former strawweight best, Andrade.

Shevchenko attempts to secure her fifth successful defence of the 125-pound title, having taken home a unanimous decision win over Jennifer Maia in the co-main event of UFC 255 in November.

For Parana native, Andrade, the former strawweight champion would become a two-weight champion with a win over Shevchenko, after earning her shot at gold via a first round knockout win over one-time title challenger, Katlyn Chookagian at UFC Fight Island 6 in October in her divisional bow.

UFC 261 Results: Usman vs. Masvidal II

Main Card: (ESPN+ 10 p.m. ET)

Welterweight: Kamaru Usman (c) vs. Jorge Masvidal II

Strawweight: Zhang Weili (c) vs. Rose Namajunas

Flyweight: Valentina Shevchenko (c) vs. Jessica Andrade

Middleweight: Uriah Hall vs. Chris Weidman II

Light Heavyweight: Anthony Smith vs. Jimmy Crute

Preliminary Card: (ESPN/ESPN+ 8 p.m. ET)

Welterweight: Alex Oliveira vs. Randy Brown

Welterweight: Dwight Grant vs. Stefan Sekulic

Middleweight: Karl Roberson vs. Brendan Allen

Featherweight: Patrick Sabatini vs. Tristian Connelly

Early Preliminary Card: (ESPN2/ESPN+ 6 p.m. ET)

Bantamweight: Danaa Batgerel vs. Kevin Natividad

Lightweight: Kazula Vargas vs. Rong Zhu

Flyweight: Qileng Aori vs. Jeffrey Molina

Strawweight: Na Liang vs. Ariane Carnelossi