https://talksport.com/sport/mma/737747/ufc-fight-island-carla-esparza-eye-injury There's a golf ball under that left eye." "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC "I would love to fight her," Namajunas said. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed Rose Namajunas suffered a gruesome eye injury in her win over Jessica Andrade Namajunas was bloodied after the brutal cut under her eye at UFC 251 Sweet relief for Namajunas after being confirmed the winner over Jessica AndradeJorge Masvidal and Kamaru Usman weigh in as they prepare to face each other at UFC 251 Video: Rose Namajunas' gruesome eye and nose injuries after UFC 251 win over Jessica Andrade. This continued for the better part of two rounds, but Andrade might have the heaviest hands at 115 pounds, and she threw them, like with a wicked body shot in the second, she landed. Take for instance the women's strawweight division rematch. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services.ROSE NAMAJUNAS bled from the face and had her eye sealed shut during a brutal win over Jessica Andrade at Fight Island.The 28-year-old gained revenge on Bate Estaca via a split decision victory that was 14 months in the making.Back at UFC 237, Andrade took the strawweight title from Namajunas courtesy of a second round KO slam.But over a year later Thug finally bounced back from that setback to claim victory at UFC 251.Namajunas produced two stellar rounds and then showed great heart to withstand a furious onslaught in the third to get her hand raised.The slug fest, which was named Match of the Night, ultimately left the American with a nasty cut on her nose while her left eye was swollen shut.Namajunas' huge win has sparked championship talk with a future contest against Weili Zhang.Speaking after the fight, she said: “The first part is just getting right with God; the rest is just technically, physically having fun again.“I was hoping to get back in there by the end of the year, but we’ll see how my nose is doing,”Fans on social media hailed Namajunas for her toughness as one tweeted: "wow I knew the hits were landing but damn. The 28-year-old gained revenge on … Rose Namajunas proved over the weekend that she's as bad as they come in the UFC. and maybe bantamweight (135 lbs. watch video >> She gave an interview with a busted up nose and swollen eye. Rose Namajunas ended up with a swollen eye and yet she never let Jessica Andrade escape from her clutches. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services.If it’s one thing we’ve learned in recent weeks it’s that eye injuries are some of the most dangerous in MMA.On night one of Fight Island, Rose Namajunas suffered a nasty eye injury and this time, Carla Esparza had to battle through her own injury.The UFC’s first-ever strawweight champion took on the unbeaten Marina Rodriguez on Yas Island as the seventh and ninth ranked strawweights in the world respectively.There was a lot on the line in the encounter and Esparza did especially well to take her bigger opponent down. Jessica Andrade will be fighting Rose Namajunas at strawweight (115 lbs.) UFC 251: Dana White lauds ‘Thug’ Rose Namajunas after suffering black eye in Jessica Andrade war White posts photo of Namajunas shiner as she … 1 Rose Namajunas suffered a gruesome eye injury in her win over Jessica AndradeCredit: […]

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