Rose Namajunas was overwhelmed with emotions following her loss to Natalia Silva at UFC 324. Namajunas took on Silva in a flyweight bout on the main card at UFC 324 last weekend in Las Vegas. Both fighters went back and forth in a rather underwhelming affair marked by a lack of intent. Namajunas eventually came up on the short side of a unanimous decision, which many believe could have gone either way.
Someone says something to us, and we are suddenly struck with a sinking feeling in our stomach. Someone does something, and instantly we become enraged or alarmed. Someone comes at us with a certain attitude, and we go to pieces. We hear mention of a person, place, or thing that is associated with an unresolved issue or a past trauma, and we immediately feel ourselves seize up with sadness, anger, fear, or shame.
I am staring at my computer, mouth ajar, when my phone rings. The call is from an unknown mobile number, which I would not normally answer, but I've just emailed someone requesting an interview, with my own phone number appended to the bottom, and I'm hoping this might be them. I'm also hoping it might not be them. Hello? I say. Hello, is that Tim, yeah? a male voice says. I leave a long pause. Yeah, I say.
Lisa Flaherty stormed out of the packed room, visibly angered. The suggestion that she had been in a relationship with Joseph Grogan since she was 16 had caused his family "endless anxiety". Solicitor and senior counsel Damien Tansey noted, "It puts Joe Grogan into the realm of a paedophile."