It only takes one maneuver to definitively change the direction of a fight in this sport, and for Jessica Andrade, that maneuver was a body slam that knocked out Rose Namajunas.
Though the defending champion looked to be on her way route to a dominant victory over Andrade by piecing up the Brazilian on the feet and threatening with submissions whenever the two met in the clinch, “Bate Estaca” -- it means “pile driver” in Portuguese -- found her opening at 2:58 of the second round. Andrade dumped “Thug Rose” on her head and finished her off with hammerfists to claim the Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s strawweight crown in the UFC 237 main event on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.