Champion Check-In: Rose Namajunas

The anniversary is coming up. One year as strawweight champion for Rose Namajunas. But “Thug Rose” isn’t spending too much time thinking about what happened in the 12 months since she defeated Joanna Jedrzejczyk on November 4, 2017, or even what’s going to happen in the next year. It’s all about today.“It’s hard to describe,” she said of her reign as champion. “I think I’ll have a better description once this is behind me. It’s al