Rose Namajunas calls out Michelle Waterson for next fight

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Wild

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Rose Namajunas has a next opponent in mind - UFC on Fox 22 main event winner Michelle Waterson.

Michelle Waterson came up huge in the UFC on Fox 22 headliner, submitting Paige VanZant in the first round. This allowed her to move up four spots in the UFC rankings to seven, and opens her up to a whole new caliber of opponent.

Enter Rose Namajunas.

The number-four ranked fighter at women’s strawweight took to Instagram to politely ask for a fight with Waterson, since her fans had been asking her about it:


Namajunas calls out Waterson for next fight
 
Jan 21, 2015
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Good call, I am a huge Namajunas fan.

Did you all see her show 'Thug Diaries'? Was really interesting, she will mangle Waterson

Mike Perry's avatar is painful but brilliant.
 

SCADA

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Rose is a streak fighter...looks amazing in some fights and not so amazing in others.
 

check it

kids need ninja shit too
Jul 23, 2015
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I like this match-up.

Rose has a great bag of submission tricks...she's exciting to watch but karate kid might have the experience edge.

Hope this fight happens & thug wins with a flashy sub.
 

Jdog93

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Jun 2, 2016
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Not enough hotness.. I do not approve.














Jk. This would be a scrap but Karate Hottie would win as easy as she's won my heart.
 

Severianb

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Good call, I am a huge Namajunas fan.

Did you all see her show 'Thug Diaries'? Was really interesting, she will mangle Waterson

Mike Perry's avatar is painful but brilliant.
"Mangle Waterson" Doubtful, let me educate you:

I like Rose, one of my favorite fighters. She wasn't trying to butter up Michelle with those compliments, they have trained together multiple times and from everything I've heard, like each other a lot.

After they trained together, I asked Rose on the UG how a fight between them would go and Rose said it would be insane... "fireworks, explosions and shit" is what I think she said. Heh Heh.

They have both grown a lot since then, technique AND physically. It would probably be a hell of a fight.

I would lean towards it being competitive.... but honestly, I would question Rose's mental state going into it. She usually says the right things, but I've always got a feeling with Rose that she builds up a internal hate towards her opponent that fuels her performances. This is rooted in her shitshow of a childhood. I wonder if she can work up that kind of seemingly needed emotion towards Waterson, who she seems to genuinely like. Even though she is an emotional person, I see Michelle's in-cage performance rooted more in focus on technique and if there is any emotional component, it's based more on providing for her family, protecting her daughter. That shit is unwavering.

So even though they are probably matched evenly technique-wise, I'd give the mental edge to Michelle.... and I think it would win her the fight.

Both card carrying members of the "Kill PVZ Dead Society"



 
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HEATH VON DOOM

Remember the 5th of November
Oct 21, 2015
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This fight moves my needle

Also Thug Rose is one of the few women that can pull off the shaved head look successfully
 

kneeblock

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This fight makes a lot of sense. I was hoping for it. The winner has a legit claim to fight for the title though technically even a win should leave them a fight away.