“I hope the UFC realizes… That’s a fucking star!”

Joe Rogan is sold. Sold on the UFC’s new strawweight champion “Thug” Rose Namajunas, who he says in hindsight he should have known was ultra-special.

Namajunas was a huge underdog heading into the strawweight title fight at Madison Square Garden against the undefeated Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Instead, it took a first round knockout of one of MMA’s most dominant females, at last week’s UFC 217 event, to get Rogan’s attention on the new UFC champion.

Joe Rogan believes the future is bright for Rose Namajunas, and says she may be one of the biggest female stars ever.

We’ve timestamped the video below so you can catch his full breakdown: