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Rose Namajunas ranks among the top UFC female athletes. She started her career in amateur fighting, where she competed for various regional promotions. Then she enlisted with Invicta Fighting Championships before joining Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC). Her accomplishments both in and out from the Octagon have helped make her famous since she became a member of the UFC. Namajunas was born on June 29, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to a Lithuanian immigrants family. Rose was a kickboxer and basketball player as a child. At 18 years old she began her professional career with Invicta Fighting Championships where she won two fights by submission. It caught the attention of Dana White who signed her to join UFC s strawweight division on December 14, 2014 when she was just 22 years old. Rose was a high-flyer but her lows as well throughout her career but always came in the end on the top. Rose took on Carla Esparza on April 15 of 2015 to win the Women s Strawweight Championship. Rose b...