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Rose Namajunas ‘Felt a Lot of Negative Energy’ from Joanna Jedrzejczyk in First Fight

Related Topics: UFC 217, Energy, Rose Namajunas

Rose Namajunas’ first-round technical knockout of Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 217 was one of the biggest — if the biggest — surprises in mixed martial arts of 2017.

For the woman known as “Thug Rose,” however, it wasn’t that much of a shock to see Jedrzejczyk go down that November night at Madison Square Garden in New York. In fact, you could say Namajunas even saw it coming.

The 25-year-old strawweight champion admitted as much during “UFC 1 on 1: Rose Namajunas .” The full interview premieres tonight on Fox Sports 1 at 7 p.