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UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra

Becoming A Fighter: Rose Namajunas

UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Grappling, 868329, Brazilian Jui Jitsu, Combat, Jim Norton, Sambo, Dana White, Stand-up, Bjj, Sports, Fight, Mma, Sports News, Ufc, Zuffa, Striking, Fighting, Judo, Wrestling, News, Combat Sports, Boxing, Matt Serra, Comedy

4.52.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

While Jim and Matt are off for the holidays, we have one more episode of UFC's newest podcast for you to check out! Becoming A Fighter is a new show hosted by Megan Olivi that aims to learn why your favorite UFC athletes became fighters. Our second subject is UFC Strawweight Rose Namajunas. This episode details in Rose's own words how she was able to thrive despite the rough conditions of her neighborhood in Milwaukee, and how she overcame her battles with mental health en route to being a UFC Champion. This show asks the simple question: How the hell did she get here?

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0:00.0

This is Rose Namyunas, UFC fighter. I'm going to play amazing grace.

0:11.0

Ladies and gentlemen, who's that?

0:15.0

Rose!

0:16.0

Mama Ruda!

0:19.0

That is a mario mental victory. She has turned the mix martial arts world on its axis tonight.

0:37.0

We won our most exciting fighters in the division top four ranked and now you got another victory under your belt.

0:42.0

The rest of the division doesn't matter to me, it's only for Sam, front of me, so whoever's next competing.

1:12.0

Rose Namyunas is one of those people that could have probably done anything in life she wanted to.

1:23.0

I mean, you just heard her on the piano. That's not bad for a professional athlete, right? Not bad for anyone.

1:30.0

Most people would be really happy to focus solely on art or athletics, but Rose, well she isn't most people.

1:37.0

Her interests are wide-ranging and she pursues everything she cares about with intensity.

1:43.0

She's passionate about sustainable housing and farming, traveling as far as Indonesia to build energy efficient homes.

1:49.0

She frequently livesrooms prayers to her thousands of fans. She's also a powerful advocate for mental health awareness.

1:56.0

And somehow, while juggling all of that, she's become one of the best straw weights the UFC has ever seen.

2:04.0

How did this remarkable person end up dedicating her skills and passions to fighting?

2:10.0

When it's clear she could have done just about anything she wanted.

2:14.0

Well Rose told me in our conversations that she is a living study of a long-standing question about what shapes a person.

2:21.0

Nature or nurture?

2:24.0

The nature is why it was inevitable for me to start martial arts.

2:30.0

But then the nurture is what kept me being a fighter. It keeps pulling me back.

2:37.0

On one hand, her competitive nature, focus, and God-given athletic talent,

2:43.0

Medica Rear is a professional athlete, was well within reach.

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