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Rose Namajunas is listed twice among the all-time UFC strawweight champions in ESPN MMA’s reverse-chronological history of the division. Her first championship victory came on Nov. 4, 2017, when she defeated Joanna Jedrzejczyk by first-round knockout at UFC 217. Namajunas later returned to the top of the division on April 24, 2021, stopping Zhang Weili by first-round knockout at UFC 261. The two entries place Namajunas at separate points in the title’s documented history rather than in a single uninterrupted reign.

ESPN’s list also gives a direct measure of what followed each Namajunas title win: one successful defense is recorded for her 2017 reign and one for her 2021 reign. Added together, those listed reigns account for two title defenses. That detail matters because the source does more than identify the nights on which Namajunas became champion. It distinguishes title-winning performances from the subsequent championship results, giving her timeline a clear beginning, a defense count and a place between other documented titleholders.

Two title wins in the ESPN chronology

Namajunas first appears in the championship sequence after Carla Esparza’s inaugural reign. ESPN records Esparza as having won the inaugural belt by third-round submission over Namajunas at The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale on Dec. 12, 2014. Joanna Jedrzejczyk then won the title from Esparza on March 14, 2015, before Namajunas defeated Jedrzejczyk at UFC 217 in 2017. The listed result was a KO in Round 1, and ESPN credits Namajunas with one defense during that reign. The chronology therefore identifies the 2017 result as a title change from a champion who had recorded five defenses to Namajunas, whose entry carries one defense.

The second Namajunas entry follows another series of documented championship changes. Jessica Andrade won the belt by second-round TKO over Namajunas at UFC 237 on May 11, 2019. Zhang Weili then stopped Andrade by first-round TKO at UFC Shenzhen on Aug. 31, 2019. Namajunas’ April 2021 victory over Zhang at UFC 261 brought the championship back to her, again by a first-round knockout. ESPN lists one defense for that second reign as well. Carla Esparza subsequently won by split decision over Namajunas at UFC 274 on May 7, 2022, ending the run represented by Namajunas’ second entry.

What the title record shows

The two Namajunas championship wins share a notable detail in ESPN’s record: both are listed as first-round knockouts. The opponents were different, as Namajunas defeated Jedrzejczyk in 2017 and Zhang in 2021, but the stated method and round match. Her two reigns are also separated by the title changes involving Andrade and Zhang, which makes the 2021 victory a return to the championship rather than a continuation of the first reign. ESPN’s presentation is useful on this point because it arranges champions in reverse chronological order while preserving the original dates and bout outcomes. Reading the entries in date order shows how Namajunas moved from an unsuccessful inaugural-title bid in 2014 to a first title win in 2017, then to a second championship victory in 2021. It also shows that the source assigns exactly one defense to each reign, not a combined figure for her entire strawweight championship history.

• Nov. 4, 2017: Namajunas won the UFC strawweight title by KO in Round 1 over Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 217; ESPN lists one defense for the reign.
• April 24, 2021: Namajunas won the UFC strawweight title by KO in Round 1 over Zhang Weili at UFC 261; ESPN lists one defense for the reign.

Namajunas’ place on ESPN’s all-time UFC strawweight list is defined by two separate title-winning nights, both recorded as first-round knockouts, and by one defense in each reign. The surrounding chronology adds the fuller picture: she first challenged for the inaugural belt, became champion in 2017, regained the title in 2021 and later lost it to Esparza in 2022. Within the supplied championship record, those confirmed entries are the foundation of Rose Namajunas’ strawweight title timeline.

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