Stars React To Rose Namajunas Shocking Title Victory

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Rose Namajunas entered her strawweight title fight against Joanna Jedrzejczyk as the biggets underdog on the card at +500. She looked calm and collected during the staredown, but very few believed she would upset the dominant and aggressive Jedrzejczyk.

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Three minutes and 30 seconds later, Namajunas became the new strawweight champion, shocking Jedrzejczyk and the MMA world with a left hook and a series of strikes on the ground. Jedrzejczyk tapped just as the referee jumped in to stop things.

The upset sent fellow fighters, WWE superstars, and even a golfer into a frenzy, with everyone taking to Twitter to react.

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