It was a rough night for Brazilian legends at UFC 237, but Jessica Andrade still sent her countrymen home happy. Andrade stole away the UFC strawweight title with a hellacious second-round slam knockout of Rose Namajunas on Saturday night in the main event of UFC 237, capturing the belt after losing a one-sided opening frame to the former champion. Check out reaction to Andrade’s scary stoppage victory below, plus the best of the rest from a roller-coaster night in Rio de Janeiro. JESSICA ANDRADE DEF. ROSE NAMAJUNAS Andrade is a terminator — Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) May 12, 2019 WHAT!? — Luis Antonio Pena (@violentbobross) May 12, 2019 Oh fuuuuck — Julie Kedzie (@julesk_fighter) May 12, 2019 Oh my god. — Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) May 12, 2019 Omg — Deron Winn (@DeronWinn) May 12, 2019 Omg what a KO from Jessica, nothing like ol’ body slam #UFC237 — Jared Gordon (@JFlashGordonMMA) May 12, 2019 Wow that’s scary hope rose is ok — Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) May 12, 2019 Daaaaaaaaamn! can’t wait to see the rematch! #UFC237 — Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) May 12, 2019 Man I hope she is okay! — Dan Ige (@Dynamitedan808) May 12, 2019 Is that legal? What’s the spike on the head rule ? — Zachary Makovsky (@ZachFunSize) May 12, 2019 Fuck. — Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) May 12, 2019 Thank god Rose is ok! I was really nervous watching that. The neck stuff freaks me out especially being a victim of neck injuries as well. #UFC237 — Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) May 12, 2019 Wow, I don’t think anyone saw that coming, Rose had her number in the striking and was more technical on the ground but holy shit don’t let Andrade pick your ass up. #UFC237 — Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) May 12, 2019 So much respect for @rosenamajunas . You're amazing and a true martial artist. @ufc #ufc237 — Alex Chambers (@alexchambersmma) May 12, 2019 MMA is crazy — Brandon Gibson (@SixGunGibson) May 12, 2019 MMA is fucking chaos. Pure chaos. — Andre Fili (@TouchyFili) May 12, 2019 Congrats @jessicammapro always been a beast with those slams. — Raquel Pennington (@RockyPMMA) May 12, 2019 Congrats on Jessica’s victory! Glad Rose is ok after that takedown#ufcRio — Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) May 12, 2019 Andrade and @TSPMMA115 is gonna b a war — Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) May 12, 2019 If you didn’t know, bate estaca means pile driver. Now you know why they call her that. #ufc237 — Eryk Anders (@erykanders) May 12, 2019 JARED CANNONIER DEF. ANDERSON SILVA Down goes Silva with a kick to his right leg. Flashbacks to the Weidman fight, save it looks like it messed up the knee. #UFC237 pic.twitter.com/nstuZrsgVj — The Mane Event™ (@EliasTheodorou) May 12, 2019 Dang hate to see that Anderson was lookin good #ufc237 — Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) May 12, 2019 Ugh, devastated for Silva, you never want to see a fight end that way. Touching moment btw him and Cannonier after, that dude is legit. #UFC237 — Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) May 12, 2019 Wish the fans at #ufc237 could be a bit more respectful regardless of the outcome — Curtis Blaydes (@RazorBlaydes265) May 12, 2019 The Brazilian crowd should be ashamed of themselves how they just treated Cannonier. This is the fight game things like that happen all the time. Countless hours of work went into this fight and the fans are just completely disrespecting him sad — Deron Winn (@DeronWinn) May 12, 2019 Brazil loves their heroes and doesn’t want to hear what the other guys has to say. #LoyalToTheBone #UFC237 — Siyar The Great (@Siyarized) May 12, 2019 That's a TRAGEDY to see silva go down like that, he was definitely on the losing end but it was competitive, props to him for coming into the fight injured and showing up to throw down, hope the knee isn't too bad. I think it's time to see my favorite fighter hang em up #UFC237 — Joe Joe Giannetti (@Giannettimma) May 12, 2019 Seeing @killagorillamma treated that way in the ring after fighting well conducting himself like a gentleman is pretty disappointing. — Ryan Hall (@ryanhall5050) May 12, 2019 ALEXANDER VOLKANOVSKI DEF. JOSE ALDO Aldo looked goo in the first but started to lose the offensive push. Too much waiting for the perfect counter. AV was smart and used his feints and speed to stick and move, then clinch to slow Aldo down. I was waiting for Aldo to switch it up and press. Leg kicks are no joke. https://t.co/CInRAZQcr5 — Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) May 12, 2019 .Hells yeah!!! So freaking proud of @alexvolkanovski winning the biggest fight of his career! ! I remember fighting on the same card on the local Aussie scene back in 2014 and he just cemented himself as a thr next 145lb title contender. So so so proud #UFC237 https://t.co/91SORquRdM — Megan Anderson (@MeganA_mma) May 12, 2019 These Brazilian judges are making up for lost time I think Alex won the fight but I gave the 1st to Aldo — Luis Antonio Pena (@violentbobross) May 12, 2019 O José Aldo, já não utiliza mais os chutes. Os "leg kicks", talvez tenham sido a sua arma principal durante muitos anos. Hj ele começou atacando as pernas do adversário, mas parou logo depois. Acho q esse é o maior diferencial do jogo do José Aldo. #UFCRionoCombate — Igor Araujo (@igoraraujojj) May 12, 2019 I like Volkanovski — Julie Kedzie (@julesk_fighter) May 12, 2019 “There goes the consensus greatest featherweight in UFC history Joe, you numpty” - me walking by the mirror in my Jon anik voice — Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) May 12, 2019 Every reign comes to an end eventually, but watching fighters like BJ Penn and Jose Aldo, you get short glimpses at true greatness here and there. — Siyar The Great (@Siyarized) May 12, 2019 Congrats @alexvolkanovski! Number 1 contender! Only makes since yo to fight @BlessedMMA down under! https://t.co/5fzVuxQg1h — Kai Kara France (@kaikarafrance) May 12, 2019 LAUREANO STAROPOLI DEF. THIAGO ALVES Starpoli gets the (surprise) UD victory. I guess you can say, his star is on the rise.<doc-sep>Just when it looked like Rose Namajunas was going to retain her UFC strawweight title after a dominating for the first round and a half in the first of their main event fight in Brazil on Saturday night, Jessica Andrade stunned the world by picking Namajunas up and slamming her on her head. Namajunas was knocked out in the move – and was lucky she didn’t break her neck – and just like that Andrade became the new UFC strawweight champ with the second-round KO win. It was a wild finish to a fight that Namajunas, who hadn’t fought in 13 months, had dominated so much until that moment. UFC fighters and media were stunned: Keep ya head up @rosenamajunas 🙏🏼 You made it to the special league – League of the #UFCCHAMPIONS ✊🏼 it stays 4ever — Joanna Jedrzejczyk (@joannamma) May 12, 2019 I respect everything about @rosenamajunas even without the @ufc belt she will always be a champion. — CRIS CYBORG (@criscyborg) May 12, 2019 So much respect for you @rosenamajunas with the way you take on life! All about the challenges we put ourselves through to really find out who we are! #warrior — Cody Garbrandt (@Cody_Nolove) May 12, 2019 Wow. Very surprised. Congrats to the new champion @jessicammapro #ufc237 — Max Griffin (@maxPAINmma) May 12, 2019 Thank god Rose is ok! I was really nervous watching that. The neck stuff freaks me out especially being a victim of neck injuries as well. #UFC237 — Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) May 12, 2019 If you didn’t know, bate estaca means pile driver. Now you know why they call her that. 😱#ufc237 — Eryk Anders (@erykanders) May 12, 2019 Parabéns @jessicammapro ! Campeã do UFC com todo mérito do mundo, fazendo jus ao apelido! Congratulations Jessica Andrade! @ufc World Champion, totally deserved, and living up to your nickname! @UFCBrasil #UFCRIO — Demian Maia (@demianmaia) May 12, 2019 Jessica Andrade picked up and slammed Rose Namajunas. Champ went out when she hit the canvas. Unreal. One of the best fights of 2019 for sure. Andrade is the new UFC 115lb champion after a violent finish. Wow. — Josh Gross (@yay_yee) May 12, 2019 What the. Andrade just KO slammed Namajunas in the 2nd. She is the new 115 pound champ. That was scary and vicious. — Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) May 12, 2019 I need to write the recap on this and I just spent like a minute basically starting at my screen in disbelief — Dave Doyle (@davedoylemma) May 12, 2019 Slam is legal in instances where the fighter being slammed has the option to disengage hands and break their fall. (That was scary as hell though.) — Mike Chiappetta MMA (@MikeChiappetta) May 12, 2019<doc-sep>They said what?! Pros react to Jessica Andrade’s crazy slam KO of Rose Namajunas at UFC 237 Jessica Andrade scored an insane slam knockout to become the new strawweight champion at UFC 237. On Twitter, pro fighters reacted to the stunning ending.<doc-sep>The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns with some highly anticipated and fun bouts this weekend. One intriguing aspect of these contests is that the main event for a UFC PPV is a women’s MMA title fight. Brawling for the World Strawweight Title, on a three-fight winning streak, ‘Thug’ Rose Namajunas, the “Current Best Female Strawweight” defending her title, whose last loss was to Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 201 on the 30th of August, way back in 2016, she now has a 8-3-0 record. ‘Thug’ Rose hasn’t fought since April of 2018 when she defeated Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the second consecutive time and defended the UFC Women’s Strawweight Championship, but she will make her second attempt at defending that title in the main event against Jéssica “Bate Estaca” (aka: ‘Pile Driver’) Andrade also on a three fight-winning streak and listed “Second Current Best Female Strawweight” right after Rose, last decimating Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 228 via Punch at 1:58 in round 1, and she comes at this fight with a longer professional record of 19-6-0; TONIGHT (May 11, 2019), at the highly anticipated UFC 237 PPV event on ESPN+ from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. These two women couldn’t be better matched, this is a fight that could go either way, who will prove to be triumphant and hold their arm up? We shall find out together! The co-main consists of a Middleweight fight, featuring MMA artists Jared “Killa Gorilla” Cannonier, with a 11-4-0 record, who last fought and won against David Branch at UFC 230 back on the third of Nov., 2018, facing up against MMA legend, OG Anderson ‘The Spider’ Silva, aka: the “#1 Greatest MMA Striker of All Time”, who heads into this battle with a 34-9-0, 1 NC record. Will Silva strike his way to victory despite being 44 years old in a young man’s sport? We shall find that out together, as well! Don’t forget prior to this bout we have perhaps the most anticipated fight on the card - a featherweight tilt between former champion, José Aldo, and surging contender Alexander Volkanovski! Not to mention an OG fight between Clay Guida and the controversial B.J. Penn. This card should be loaded with great face-punching action! Flyin’ Brian J will be providing real-time updates of the entire UFC 237 fight-night PPV main card this evening during a LIVE YouTube telecast that will stream in the video player above. This isn’t the best event that the world’s premiere mixed martial arts promotion has ever placed behind a $65 paywall. The goal is to provide a FREE and legal alternative to draining your bank account. He might be uglier than Anderson Silva’s leg turning to mush, but throughout the entirety of the main card he will be doing his best to keep fight fans informed on the weird, miraculous, and jaw dropping action, with his special guest Eddie Mercado of The 6th Round Post-Fight Show Podcast, starting at 10PM/7PM ETPT. Here’s what’s in store tonight with Live Updated Results throughout UFC 237’s PPV main card, via Tapology.com UFC 237 MAIN EVENT | 10PM/7PM ET/PT 115 lbs Jéssica Andrade DEF. Rose Namajunas - KO/TKO-BODY SLAM, 2:58 R2 OF 5, 7:58 Total 185 lbs Jared Cannonier def. Anderson Silva - KO/TKO, KNEE INJURY VIA LEG KICK, 4:44 R1 Stoppage 245 lbs Alexander Volkanovski def. José Aldo, DEC-Unanimous, 3 Rds, 15:00 Total 170 lbs Laureano Staropoli def. Thiago Alves, DEC-Unanimous, 3 Rds, 15:00 Total 135 lbs Bethe Correia def. Irene Aldana, SUB-Belly-down Armbar, 3:24 R3 of 3, 13:24 Total BONUSES: Fight of the Night: Namajunas vs. Andrade ($50,000 each), and the belt to Andrade Performance of the Night: Andrade, Warlley Alves ($50,000 each) Attendance: 15,193 Gate: TBD Remember that BloodyElbow.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 237 PPV event from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with Early ESPN+/FightPass Prelims starting at 5:15PM/2:15PM ET/PT, followed by Prelims on ESPN+ at 8PM/5PM ET/PT, with the Main Card culminating at 10PM/7PM ET/PT. To check out the latest and greatest UFC 237: “Namajunas vs Andrade” news and notes be sure to hit up our comprehensive event archive right here. We will not be doing live radio-style play-by-play for the prelims, but you can find all the fight results right here on Bloody Elbow. ESPN+ PRELIMS | 8PM/5PM ET/PT 205 - Ryan Spann def. Antônio Rogério Nogeira, KO/TKO, Left Uppercut, 2:07 R1 of 3 155 - Thiago Moisés def. Kurt Holobaugh, DEC-Unanimous, 3 Rds, 15:00 Total 170 - Warlley Alves def. Sérgio Moraes, KO/TKO, Uppercut, 4:13 R3 of 3, 14:13 Total 155 - Clay Guida def. BJ Penn, DEC-Unanimous, 3 Rds, 15:00 Total EARLY ESPN+/FIGHT PASS PRELIMS | 5:15PM/2:15PM ET/PT 125 - Luana Carolina def. Priscila Cachoeira, DEC-Unanimous, 3 Rds, 15:00 Total 135 - Raoni Barcelos def. Carlos Huachin Quiroz, KO/TKO, Ground & Pound, 4:49 R2 of 3, 9:49 Total 135 - Viviane Araujo def. 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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - MAY 10: Opponents Rose Namajunas (L) of the United States is presented a rose from Jessica Andrade of Brazil as they face off during the UFC 237 weigh-in at Jeunesse Arena on May 10, 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) See how Twitter reacted to the main event of UFC 237 between Rose Namajunas and Jessica Andrade. Jessica Andrade is your new women’s strawweight champion. Namajunas became the third women’s strawweight champion after defeating former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk by way of first-round technical knockout at UFC 217. Considered one of the biggest upsets of the year, Namajunas and Jedrzejczyk would run it back again at UFC 223 just five months later. The rematch went all five rounds, but the result remained the same as Namajunas retained the title with a unanimous decision victory. For her second title defense, Namajunas moved past the pair of Jedrzejczyk fights for a showdown with No. 1 contender, Jessica Andrade after nearly a year away from the Octagon. Andrade earned her title shot against Namajunas after a brutal knockout over former title challenger, Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 228. Prior to that ‘Performance of the Night’ awarded fight, Andrade went the distance with names like Claudia Gadelha and Tecia Torres and won by unanimous decision in both outings. After a tough first round, Andrade came back in the second round to knock Namajunas out with a slam and some follow up punches. Here are some of the best Twitter reactions to the fight between Namajunas and Andrade: What the. Andrade just KO slammed Namajunas in the 2nd. She is the new 115 pound champ. That was scary and vicious. — Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) May 12, 2019 ITS TIME!!!!! excited for both ladies @rosenamajunas and @jessicammapro — Raquel Pennington (@RockyPMMA) May 12, 2019 It’s pretty simple. @rosenamajunas is looking like a ninja assassin right now. Andrade started to claw back but that is some clean technique from Rose. 💥 — Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) May 12, 2019 https://twitter.com/WWE_Murphy/status/1127431046188949505 You gotta respect @rosenamajunas coming down to defend her belt in hostile territory like a G #nofucksgiven — Luis Antonio Pena (@violentbobross) May 12, 2019 So much respect for @rosenamajunas . You're amazing and a true martial artist. @ufc #ufc237 — Alex Chambers (@alexchambersmma) May 12, 2019 @rosenamajunas is on fire! So technically sound. Love watching her growth. — Krzysztof Soszynski (@KSOSufc) May 12, 2019 dominick cruz: you cant get slammed from this position jessica andrade: hold my beer — Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) May 12, 2019 Thug holds on to the kimura trap and this time Andrade drops her on her head and KOs her. The kimura almost won her the fight earlier, and her holding onto this time cost her the fight. MMA is harsh and unforgiving. #ufc237 pic.twitter.com/tC7PAKdUk7 — The Mane Event™ (@EliasTheodorou) May 12, 2019 Andrade and @TSPMMA115 is gonna b a war 🤔🤔🤔 — Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) May 12, 2019 In her post-fight interview, Andrade gave plenty of thanks to her coach for helping her throughout her journey in mixed martial arts, especially since it got her to this very moment. She also gave thanks to Namajunas and the fans. Namajunas spoke briefly to UFC color commentator Jon Anik and said the pressure (presumably of being a title holder) was lifted off her shoulders. UFC 237 took place on Saturday, May 11, 2019, live from the Rio Olympic Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Follow along with FanSided MMA for all your live results and highlights throughout the night.