Rose Namajunas undergoes eye surgery, cleared to return after UFC 324 injury

Rose Namajunas has received medical clearance to return to training three months after suffering an eye injury in her fight against Natalia Silva at UFC 324. The former UFC strawweight champion underwent surgery to repair damage caused by an eye poke during the bout. In a social media update posted Monday, Namajunas announced that both her thumb and eye have fully recovered, though she acknowledged being slightly out of shape. She called for stricter penalties for eye pokes in MMA, proposing that fighters be fined even for accidental infractions, citing the serious long-term health consequences such incidents can cause.