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Keeler: UFC fighter Rose Namajunas fighting to save Metro Denver’s largest dog park. “This space is really special to me”

She’s trained at the open space for a decade now, pets sprinting at her side. For all the times Rose’s dog Mishka was there for her, Namajunas is hell-bent on being there for Mishka.

UFC fighter Rose “Thug” Namajunas and her dog, Mishka, at the Westminster Hills Open Area Dog Park in Westminster, Colorado on Friday, June 28, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
UFC fighter Rose “Thug” Namajunas and her dog, Mishka, at the Westminster Hills Open Area Dog Park in Westminster, Colorado on Friday, June 28, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8:  Sean Keeler - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Rose Namajunas has fought in at least four countries, won two UFC strawweight titles and got nominated for a pair of ESPY awards. But none of it compared to the butterflies she'd felt earlier this year when addressing Westminster's city council to stump for Denver's largest off-leash dog park.
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