With Rose Namajunas’ dominant victory over Paige VanZant at UFC Fight Night 80 on Thursday night, there were a few new narratives. The biggest being that the 21-year old VanZant —a rising star in the game who has an exclusive deal with Reebok — isn’t quite ready to challenge for a title.
Yet all the talk in the aftermath of Namajunas’ one-sided victory in Las Vegas was how tough the young VanZant want to persevere through 22 minutes of an onslaught, before succumbing finally to a rear-naked choke midway through the fifth round.
Lost in that thought was how well the 23-year old Namajunas performed.