shockedcanadian
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I just saw this. Apparently her grandparents suffered under communism and she despises it. Not afraid to call it out either.
I don't know who she is, but it was a quick K.O and a number of NFL players were there and cheered her on after the victory.
Rose Namajunas stands by anti-communism comments ahead of Zhang Weili fight
Namajunas recently told a Lithuanian outlet that the movie is a reminder that "it's better dead than red," an anti-communist expression coined during the Cold War. She also said Zhang is "red" and that freedom is a "huge motivating factor" for why she fights.
"If you're confused about any of my opinions, you can watch the documentary and you could get a good idea as to what my family had to go through, the reason I'm in the United States today, the reason that I do mixed martial arts, all of that stuff," Namajunas said on Ariel Helwani's MMA Show, which aired Wednesday. "I'd probably have a really different life if it wasn't for everything in that documentary, how Lithuanians had to struggle with communism oppression.
I don't know who she is, but it was a quick K.O and a number of NFL players were there and cheered her on after the victory.
Namajunas defends anti-communism remarks
UFC strawweight contender Rose Namajunas is standing by comments that her opposition to communism is helping motivate her for her UFC 261 title fight against Zhang Weili.
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Rose Namajunas stands by anti-communism comments ahead of Zhang Weili fight
Namajunas recently told a Lithuanian outlet that the movie is a reminder that "it's better dead than red," an anti-communist expression coined during the Cold War. She also said Zhang is "red" and that freedom is a "huge motivating factor" for why she fights.
"If you're confused about any of my opinions, you can watch the documentary and you could get a good idea as to what my family had to go through, the reason I'm in the United States today, the reason that I do mixed martial arts, all of that stuff," Namajunas said on Ariel Helwani's MMA Show, which aired Wednesday. "I'd probably have a really different life if it wasn't for everything in that documentary, how Lithuanians had to struggle with communism oppression.