Rose Namajunas vs. Nina Ansaroff Added To UFC 187
Looking to rebound from a heartbreaking loss to Carla Esparza for the first-ever UFC women’s strawweight title, The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 20 finalist Rose Namajunas has her next fight lined up.
The 2-2 ‘Thug’ will take on Nina Ansaroff on the growing and stacked UFC 187 card on May 23 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The news was revealed by UFC on FOX earlier tonight:
BREAKING: Rose Namajunas takes on Nina Ansaroff at UFC 187!
— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) February 26, 2015
Although she sports a relatively unimpressive official record, Namajunas made headlines by bulldozing to the finals of TUF 20 with three straight submission wins, only to falter when she met the dominant top control of former Invicta FC champ Esparza.
She’s still slated to be one of the stars of the growing UFC women’s strawweight division, but she’ll have to get by Ansaroff first, a 29-year-old veteran who lost her UFC debut to Juliana Lima at last October’s UFC Fight Night 56.
A flyweight match-up between Josh Sampo and Justin Scoggins was also added to the card.
With the addition of the two bouts, UFC 187’s stacked lineup sits as follows:
Jon Jones vs. Anthony Johnson
Chris Weidman vs. Vitor Belfort
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Donald Cerrone
Travis Browne vs. Andrei Arlovski
Joseph Benavidez vs. John Moraga
John Dodson vs. Zach Makovsky
Rose Namajunas vs. Nina Ansaroff
Justin Scoggins vs. Josh Sampo
Islam Makhachev vs. Leo Kuntz
