Rose Namajunas isn’t the girl you thought you knew from “The Ultimate Fighter 20.”
In the most complete performance of her career to date, “Thug” Rose dominated Paige VanZant for five plus rounds before submitting the gritty Team Alpha Male member with a rear-naked choke 2:25 into the final stanza in the UFC Fight Night Las Vegas headliner on Thursday night.
That VanZant was able to endure for as long as she did spoke volumes about her resolve, but it was Namajunas who produced most of the eye-popping figures in the fight.