Rose Namajunas doesn't have a personal Reebok deal. She hasn't been given prime-time exposure on network television or been trotted around on the UFC's national media tour rounds.
But she was given an opportunity to compete in a main event Thursday, and she took advantage of that chance to the fullest.
Namajunas took a night which was supposed to be Paige VanZant's showcase and made it her own. "Thug Rose" pummeled the Team Alpha Male fighter in their strawweight main event of UFC Fight Night 80, dominating every aspect of the fight.
Only an extraordinary display of toughness and resilience by PVZ brought the bout into the fifth round before Namjunas finally put her game foe away with a rear-naked choke.