Rose Namajunas has revealed that she’s been cleared to compete again three months after she suffered an eye injury during a unanimous decision loss to Natalia Silva.
The 33-year-old Namajunas suffered an eye-poke during the fight that led to her having to undergo surgery to insert a silicone tube into the damage eye, but a few months later she’s all healed up and ready to get back to it.
“So you wanna be a fighter? Three months and now I’m healthy finally,” Namajunas wrote on Instagram. “Thumb and eye are all fixed up. Im a bit out of shape but I’m cleared to train now.”
Namajunas also took the opportunity to call for stricter rules regarding eye-pokes in the sport.
“I really hope eye pokes will be taken more seriously in the future. I propose instant purse deduction even for an accident. An accident that could seriously affect a fighter’s health long term. Anyways I’m just grateful that it was not more serious.”
A former two-time strawweight champion, Namajunas has gone 3-3 so far since moving up to flyweight in 2023, beating Amanda Lemos, Tracy Cortez and Miranda Maverick along the way, while suffering losses to Manon Fiorot, Erin Blanchfield and the aforementioned Natalia SIlva.
