In the meantime, the UFC women’s strawweight champion has a few significant things she needs to take care of. First and foremost is a compression fracture in her neck that she’s been dealing with since her camp for the second Joanna Jedrzejczyk fight.
“It’s the perfect time now to rehab that and just get better as a martial artist,” Namajunas told MMA Fighting backstage at UFC 227 earlier this month. “And to really sit back and see who’s the real contender in the division. Right now, I think things are a little shaken up a bit.