Namajunas vs Waterson

Who won Namajunas vs Waterson?

Rose Namajunas beat Michelle Waterson-Gomez by submission in the 2nd round during the co-main event of UFC on FOX 24, on Saturday 15th April 2017 at Sprint Center in Kansas City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Namajunas vs Waterson stats

Rose Namajunas stepped into the octagon with a record of 5 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws and 4 by submission.

Michelle Waterson-Gomez made her way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Rose Namajunas' 17th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2014. Michelle Waterson-Gomez marked her 15th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Rose Namajunas' UFC record stood at 11-6-0, while Michelle Waterson-Gomez's came in at 6-9-0.

The stats suggested that Namajunas and Waterson have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Namajunas had a massive advantage over Waterson, boasting a 80% submission rate over Waterson's 0%.

Rose Namajunas was the younger woman by 7 years, at 32 years old.

Namajunas had a height advantage of 2 inches over Waterson. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Namajunas was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made her debut in 2013, 5 years and 10 months later than Waterson, whose first professional fight was in 2007. She had fought 12 less professional rounds, 64 to Waterson's 76.

Namajunas vs Waterson form

Namajunas had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Carla Esparza at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by split decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, she had won against Weili Zhang at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by split decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Weili Zhang at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, she had defeated Jessica Andrade at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

She had been beaten by Jessica Andrade at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Activity check

Namajunas' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 2 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 2 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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