{"id":387380,"date":"2022-05-03T18:10:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T18:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=387380"},"modified":"2022-05-03T18:10:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T18:10:10","slug":"you-dont-really-think-anybody-is-on-your-level-rose-namajunas-makes-a-shocking-admission-about-carla-esparza-before-ufc-274","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/you-dont-really-think-anybody-is-on-your-level-rose-namajunas-makes-a-shocking-admission-about-carla-esparza-before-ufc-274\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;You Don\u2019t Really Think Anybody Is On Your Level&#8217;- Rose Namajunas Makes a Shocking Admission About Carla Esparza Before UFC 274"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas made a surprising admission on the most recent iteration of UFC Countdown in the lead-up to UFC 274. \u2018Thug\u2019 Rose will rematch Carla Esparza in the co-main event of the card and look to stretch her title defense streak.<\/p>\n<p>The card is headlined by a UFC lightweight title fight between champion Charles Oliveira and former interim champion Justin Gaethje.<\/p>\n<p>Both women faced off all the way back at the finale of \u2018The Ultimate Fighter 20\u2019 where Esparza did enough to secure the victory via third-round RNC submission. The end came at 1:26 and made \u2018The Cookie Monster\u2019 the inaugural women\u2019s strawweight champion in the world.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WsS-jeK9PDM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nRead More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/chael-sonnen-has-an-inside-scoop-on-ufc-megastars-conor-mcgregors-return-fight\/\">Chael Sonnen Has An \u2018Inside Scoop\u2019 on UFC Megastar\u2019s Conor McGregor\u2019s Return Fight<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Rose Namajunas keeps it real ahead of UFC 274<\/h2>\n<p>Being forthcoming about her life and career is very much a part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Rose-Namajunas-69083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rose Namajunas<\/a>\u2019 overall character. Keeping in line with that, she revealed that she majorly overlooked Esparza when both women faced each back in December 2014. Ultimately, this led her to lose out on becoming the first-ever UFC strawweight champion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4GCbxhAAz48\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rose Namajunas revealed that being compared to women\u2019s GOAT Ronda Rousey was the factor that led her to overlook Esparza. Rousey\u2019s stature in the sport was at an all-time high and it\u2019s understandable to see why \u2018Thug\u2019 Rose thought she couldn\u2019t be touched.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI didn\u2019t really care about Carla. I didn\u2019t think she was on my level. Being called the next Ronda Rousey, you don\u2019t really think anybody is on your level. You know?\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ufc\/rose-namajunas-explains-how-previous-ronda-rousey-comparisons-affected-her-first-fight-with-carla-esparza-you-dont-really-think-anybodys-on-your-level\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bjpenn.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-387383 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/had.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/had.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/had-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/had-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/had-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, despite her status as the undisputed champion, Rose Namajunas won\u2019t be making the same mistake again. Carla Esparza is on a five-fight win streak and she has more than earned her way back to rematch Rose Namajunas. Given her recent performances, Esparza will favor herself to be a dominant force on the ground once more, and possibly etch out a victory.<\/p>\n<p>With Namajunas keeping a firm eye on her former opponent, she will certainly be wary of everything she brings to the table. This clash is certainly set to be one for the ages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas made a surprising admission on the most recent iteration of UFC Countdown in the lead-up to UFC 274. \u2018Thug\u2019 Rose will rematch Carla Esparza in the co-main event of the card and look to stretch her title defense streak. The card is headlined by a UFC lightweight title fight between [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":387381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}