Miranda Maverick suffered a critical damage in her loss to former UFC champion Rose Namajunas.
Maverick confronted her previous coaching companion within the co-main occasion of UFC Atlanta on Saturday and misplaced a aggressive unanimous resolution, which snapped her four-fight win streak. Within the third spherical, Namajunas clipped Maverick with a left hook that regarded prefer it dropped her to the canvas, however a leg damage additionally appeared to be an element after additional overview.
Following the loss, Maverick launched her first assertion, revealing she suffered a torn ACL within the struggle, even earlier than the sequence within the third spherical.
“Not the consequence I needed however I fought with what I had,” Maverick wrote on Instagram. “My ACL was torn within the second spherical (I’ll need to rewatch to know precisely when however I believe it was throughout a takedown change). I by no means bought dropped, however I used to be unstable on my legs in order quickly as I bought hit within the third spherical, my leg buckled. I’m blessed I used to be in a position to make it to the top of the struggle and I’m honored that I bought to share the cage with the legend [Rose Namajunas].
“I’ll take this layoff in stride and you will notice me once more! However for now time to recuperate and determine some issues out.”
The 27-year-old dropped to 8-4 in her UFC run, with all of her promotional losses coming to fighters at present ranked within the prime 10 of the UFC’s flyweight division. In her prior outing, Maverick defeated Jamey-Lyn Horth at UFC Tampa by way of unanimous resolution to make it 4 wins in a row.
Namajunas is again above .500 with a 3-2 document total because the two-time strawweight champion made the transfer to flyweight. The victory put Namajunas again within the win column after dropping an in depth resolution to Erin Blanchfield at UFC Edmonton this previous November.
