UFC 274 Results: Rose Namajunas Vs. Carla Esparza Full Match & Winner

The co-main event of UFC 274 features Rose Namajunas defending the women's strawweight title against Carla Esparza. Esparza and Namajunas have met once before, with Esparza becoming the first strawweight champion when she defeated Namajunas in the finals of "The Ultimate Fighter" in 2014.

UFC 274: Rose Namajunas Vs. Carla Esparza takes place Saturday at Footprint Center with the main card streaming on ESPN+ pay-per-view after prelims on ESPN/ESPN+.



UFC 274: Rose Namajunas Vs. Carla Esparza Full Match

Round 1: We start off the first round with Both women coming out in orthodox. Both women are staying within range. The fight is going through an empty process, No strikes have landed through 2 minutes.

Carla lands a left hand with Rose looks to counter. Rose to pop a jab out there. Carla does land a low kick though. Maybe that's a path forward.



The round is about to end and the fans are still waiting for high strikes. Rose keeps the range and Carla is content to stay outside. Carla is not closing and Rose is staying away.

Round 2: Through 90 seconds, nothing has happened, it's a feeling-out process. No strikes have landed through 2 minutes. Carla tries to step in but Rose moves away. Halfway mark and still no strikes landed.

Esparza finally finds something she likes and shoots a single! She gets in on it but Rose shucks it off. We're about to close the round and nothing has happened. Rose lands a left hand and immediately steps back. While Carla lands a low kick. Carla lands a front kick at the end of the round.



Round 3:

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UFC 274: Rose Namajunas Vs. Carla Esparza Winner

Feints from both women and they are standing closer to one another but still no action. Carla shoots and fails but lands a kick on the break. Carla drops a takedown and gets it but Rose is immediately back up. Carla lands a left hand.

Both women swing and miss. Action is at least starting to pick up. And Rose lands a left. Boo are out in force now as Carla shoots an awful takedown and barely touches Rose.

Round 4: 18 strikes landed by Esparza so far. 1/6 takedowns converted. And she might be ahead nearly four rounds in. They want to stay away. But they ain't landing any offense to win rounds. Don't win the battle of defending takedowns to lose a war ... this is a coin flip right now.

Carla shoots on a single takedown, Rose says on, but Carla stays on the leg like a dog and jumps to the back. It was probably the biggest offense of the fight. Carla shoots a takedown and has the back with Rose sitting. Rose up and turns and reverses and they're up and Rose lands a right hand.

Round 5: Rose lands a glancing left and then a right. Carla shoots a bad takedown and Rose shucks away. Carla goes with punches and Rose lands a big right. Left lands from Carla in another exchange though.

Leg kick from Carla, Rose lands a right hand but nothing to follow up. Rose goes for a takedown but doesn't even touch her with it. Rose shoots a double and gets a takedown but Carla is back on her feet before the bell.

Winner: Carla Esparza via Decision (split) (47–48, 49–46, 48–47) To stay updated with all the latest combat sports news, add Sacnilk.com to your Google News feeds and follow us on Twitter.