In the clip from the UFC 223 "Embedded" series from April 2018, strawweight champion Rose Namajunas punches tennis balls during a drill she and her coach/fiance Pat Barry came up with one day during training for her first title defense against Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Namajunas won the fight on April 7 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn by unanimous decision.


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