'I know what I'm doing' - Namajunas staying at flyweight
Namajunas makes Shevchenko v Weili & Harrison v Nunes predictions
Namajunas may soon welcome an old rival to the strawweight division with champion Zhang Weili tipped to move up and fight flyweight belt holder Valentina Shevchenko.Namajunas is also chasing a bout with Shevchenko and has two wins over Weili at strawweight.Asked how she thought that fight could go, she said: "Weili has a chance, she probably has a better chance than most other people."Valentina, she's my favourite. I look up to her, she's amazing. I believe she's the better martial artist and I think that would make the difference in the fight."Another big fight on the horizon in women's MMA is Kayla Harrison v Amanda Nunes.Two-weight champion Nunes will come out of retirement to fight new bantamweight champion Harrison."It would be interesting to see how Kayla Harrison deals with Amanda's striking."That might be the big question. Kayla, her striking is getting better and better every time she gets in there. It will be interesting if Kayla can get her hands on Amanda."But Amanda has got great jiu-jitsu and she's super strong."
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