Rose Namajunas is realistic about her rematch with Joanna Jedrzejczyk . After pulling off the 2017 “Upset of the Year” to take the UFC women’s strawweight crown from Jedrzejczyk (14-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) last November, Namajunas (7-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) will immediately turn around for a rematch, which co-headlines UFC 223 on Apr. 7 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass. Namajunas knows it’s a large task to go out and perfectly replicate her previous performance against Jedrzejczyk. As the champ explained on the “JRE MMA Show” podcast with UFC commentator Joe Rogan, though, she doesn’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing.
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