‘It was like an eternity being in that bus’: Rose Namajunas recollects her terror at notorious Conor McGregor Brooklyn bus assault

Former UFC champion Rose Namajunas wasn’t the goal of Conor McGregor’s notorious Brooklyn bus assault, however talking for the primary time in regards to the encounter she says that she was deeply impacted by the incident.

The incident contained in the Barclays Heart parking storage turned the centerpiece of the blood-feud between McGregor and the goal of his assault, Khabib Nurmagomedov, but when the Irishman supposed to ship a message to his Russian foe it definitely did not come with out some collateral harm.

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The incident was sparked when an enraged McGregor flew from Dublin to New York to confront Nurmagomedov after a video emerged of the Russian fighter and a number of other members of his crew dealing with off with McGregor’s teammate Artem Lobov – who was with only one coaching companion – contained in the fighter resort. 

UFC fighter Michael Chiesa was left with a minimize on his brow suffered when he was showered with damaged glass after McGregor flung a dolly on the slowly-moving bus – however as Namajunas detailed in an interview with the combat promotion she represents, she was fortunate to flee with out severe damage.

“It was like an eternity being in that bus, as a result of I had no concept who that was that was attacking us,” Namajunas stated. 

“Hastily I see an enormous ol’ fist sort of bang on my window after which I see one of many safety guards seize one of many dudes. I didn’t realize it was Conor till a little bit bit later.

“When he threw the dolly, the bus was backing up into the elevator spot as he threw it to the window proper in entrance of me. However had the bus not been transferring, it could have hit my window.”

‘Thug Rose’ additionally recounted how the assault introduced her again to sad recollections earlier in her lifetime of using her faculty bus via tough neighborhoods. 

“It simply took me again to after I was a child, using to high school via dangerous neighborhoods on a bus and folks throwing sh*t at our bus,” she stated.

“And I’ve by no means been fully cornered like that. We have been simply sitting there not in management. So what did I do in that second? I stated the Lord’s prayer once more after which it did make me really feel a little bit bit higher at that second, and it bought me via that robust second.

“And every thing that was from my childhood, that is what I fought to get out of, and that is like again to silly avenue sh*t. I don’t need to be round that any extra. That’s what I fought my manner out of.”

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Regardless of being shaken up by the incident, Namajunas definitely did not permit the assault to influence her efficiency when she defended her UFC ladies’s strawweight title with a second straight win in opposition to Polish standout Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

“I got here again round it, like, that is additionally what I’m right here for,” she stated. “So I took it as motivation to point out the world that’s not gonna cease me.“