Rose Namajunas: Last News

Brent Lang Executive Editor UFC Strawweight Champion Rose Namajunas’s life story will be the subject of “Thug Rose: Mixed Martial Artist,” a new documentary that will debut at the Austin Film Festival before premiering on Fight Pass, the combat sport’s official streaming service. The film was produced by UFC, which hopes it will be the first of many such projects. “We want to do as many these as we possibly can,” Crowley Sullivan, vice president and general manager of Fight Pass, told Variety. “Throughout the history of this sport there are all kinds of personalities and accomplishments that we want to highlight. There are so many stories of athletes rising from modest beginnings to become iconic figures that we want to tell.”

Alex Ritman Oscar-winner and 2024 Berlinale jury president Lupita Nyong’o (“Black Panther,” “12 Years a Slave”) and Chloe Grace Moretz (“The Peripheral,” “The Miseducation of Cameron Post”) are set to enter the ring for the UFC-based mixed martial arts drama “Strawweight.” The film — being launched at the European Film Market by WME Independent and CAA Media Finance — follows the journeys of two fighters who find themselves competing against each other in the Octagon. One is a young woman (Moretz) whose life is changed forever when she discovers her passion for the UFC, while the other is a former champion (Nyong’o) who is determined to reclaim her title by reinventing herself.

UFC 274 star Rose Namajunas has a net worth which is only half that of UFC ring girl Arianny Celeste, despite her dominance in the Octagon.The two-time and current UFC Strawweight Champion has swept through the competition in recent years, beating all of her last four opponents. Thug Rose, 29, heads into her rematch with Carla Esparza, who beat her in her 2014 UFC debut, on top of the sport.Her 11-4 MMA record has seen her rack up an impressive $1.5million (£1.2m) net worth, according to The Sports Daily.

UFC is serving up a treat for fight sports fans this weekend, as Charles Oliveira gears up to defend his lightweight title against Justin Gaethje.UFC 274 arrives off the back of a string of huge nights of war in recent months, with UFC London sending British fans into overdrive over Paddy the Baddy, while UFC 273 saw Australian Alexander Volkanovski lay claim to being one of the top fighters in the world right now with his win over The Korean Zombie.There are high hopes then for this weekend, which will also see a second title fight take place between the Rose Namajunas and Carla Esparza in the women’s strawweight division. Ahead of all the excitement, here’s what you need to know about where and when the fight is taking place, how to watch it and who else is on the card.Charles Oliveira vs Justin Gaethje is going to take place at the Footprint Centre in Phoenix, Arizona.The sprawling complex was built in 1992 and is the home of the Phoenix Suns basketball team in the NBA.It has played host to a score of huge music acts, from Frank Sinatra and Ariana Grande, to Miley Cyrus and Fleetwood Mac.To watch Oliveira vs Justin Gaethje in the UK you will need to flick over to BT Sport.The BT Sport website and the BT Sport app will also have the night of fighting available to view.If you are watching from the US, ESPN+ is where you’ll want to head with all the action streaming live.The early preliminary fights of the night will take place from 10.30pm in the UK, with the prelims following at 1am on Sunday morning.The main card will get going at 3am - a real late one that leaves viewers in the UK left with the difficult choice of either waking up early or rising out the night.Either way, we can't wait.

UFC star Paige VanZant had to be held back after launching a surprise attack on Brandi Rhodes during her return to All Elite Wrestling on Wednesday evening.The 27-year-old stormed from behind the scenes and into the ring after Rhodes had slapped American Top Team Leader Dan Lambert.After sprinting down the ramp and going through the ropes, VanZant picked up her rival before pinning her in the corner as several AEW stars came to join the action from the dressing room.The crowd were then able to separate the feuding pair on opposite sides of the canvas, with VanZant continuing to shout at her latest foe before being led out of the arena.VanZant, who competed at flyweight and strawweight during her time working with Dana White, has taken to wresting in recent months as well as running her own fan site.After making her UFC debut back in 2014, she took on the likes of Rose Namajunas and Rachael Ostovich before losing to Amanda Ribas and leaving the promotion, Having also signed up to fight with bare-knuckle outfit BKFC, VanZant lost to both Britain Hart and Ostovich by unanimous decision in a disappointing 2021.Will Paige VanZant ever return to UFC action? Give us your thoughts in the comments sectionAway from sport, Van Zant launched Ostovich exclusive content website PaigeFanZant.com despite inital doubts.She told MMAFighting: "There was always this back and forth."There’s two sides of it. I didn’t want to put myself in a position where I would lose business opportunities based on having an exclusive content site, but I feel like I’m already seen as a sex symbol in the sports world.

Dana White was spotted watching Canelo Alvarez's boxing victory over Caleb Plant as his UFC 268 event played out on Saturday night.The UFC President was in attendance for his five-fight card at Madison Square Garden, where Kamaru Usman got the better of Colby Covington in the main event.There were also wins for Rose Namajunas, Marlon Vera, Shane Burgos and Justin Gaethje, the latter contributing to an all-time classic in three brutal rounds with Michael Chandler.However, during Namajunas' triumph over Weili Zhang in the chief-support bout, White could be seen watching Canelo vs Plant on a monitor at ringside.The 52-year-old appeared to be ignoring his own fighters to watch Canelo knock out Plant in the boxing ring, with American journalist

UFC Welterweight Championship belt in style in Jacksonville, Florida at UFC 261.The Nigerian Nightmare went out to demolish his bitter rival after a unanimous points victory back in July - and stunned the crowd with a huge right hand.The 33-year-old sent the crowd wild with a huge attacking performance, leaving Masvidal sprawled out on the canvas with a first KO defeat during his time in UFC.The result leaves Usman as the P4P UFC champ, with Jon Jones currently out of action and Khabib Nurmagomedov opting to retire following his win over Justin Gaethje.Prior to the main event Rose Namajunas won back her Women's Strawweight World Championship with a brutal head kick and punches victory over Zhang Weili.That came after Valentina Shevchenko

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