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Joanna Jedrzejczyk is aware of reports surfacing on her weight-cutting issues. Jedrzejczyk is scheduled to go one-on-one with Michelle Waterson this Saturday night (Oct. 12). The strawweight bout is set to headline UFC Tampa. A report from Combate clai…
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is aware of reports surfacing on her weight-cutting issues. Jedrzejczyk is scheduled to go one-on-one with Michelle Waterson this Saturday night (Oct. 12). The strawweight bout is set to headline UFC Tampa. A report from Combate claimed that Jedrzejczyk informed the UFC that she won’t be able to make the 115-pound limit. ESPN’s […]
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It looks like this weekend’s UFC Tampa women’s strawweight main event between Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Michelle Waterson is in jeopardy. ESPN has confirmed an initial report by Combate, suggesting Jedrzejczyk informed the UFC several days ago that she will be unable to make the strawweight limit of 116 pounds. The UFC reportedly offered Waterson the opportunity […]
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It looks like this weekend’s UFC Tampa women’s strawweight main event between Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Michelle Waterson is in jeopardy. ESPN has confirmed an initial report by Combate, suggesting Jedrzejczyk informed the UFC several days ago that she will be unable to make the strawweight limit of 116 pounds.
The UFC reportedly offered Waterson the opportunity to fight Jedrzejczyk at an agreed-upon catchweight, however, the Waterson camp declined the offer. If Jedrzejczyk misses weight, and the fight proceeds, the former champ will be forced to pay 30 percent of her purse to Waterson, per the Florida State Boxing Commission.
Another suggestion that was made was for the UFC to pay Jedrzejczyk’s fine since she informed the promotion of her weight struggles in advance. But the UFC has declined that idea as well. There have been talks about replacing Jedrzejczyk with a different opponent, but the UFC is considering canceling the fight altogether, bumping up Kron Gracie vs. Cub Swanson to the main event as a result.
Other options include moving the fight to a November card, or having Waterson fight Jessica Andrade at UFC 244 on November 2. No final decision on the matter has been made as of this writing.
What do you think of the fight between Jedrzejczyk and Waterson possibly falling through?
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk is ready to return to the Octagon at UFC Tampa next month (Sat. October 12, 2019) against Michelle Waterson. With a victory, Jedrzejczyk and her team claim she has been promised a title opportunity. That means a matchup against newly-crowned champion Weili Zhang, who took out Jessica Andrade swiftly to win the title. […]
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk is ready to return to the Octagon at UFC Tampa next month (Sat. October 12, 2019) against Michelle Waterson.
With a victory, Jedrzejczyk and her team claim she has been promised a title opportunity. That means a matchup against newly-crowned champion Weili Zhang, who took out Jessica Andrade swiftly to win the title. Speaking on the Eurobash podcast (H/T MMA Fighting), Jedrzejczyk revealed she had actually been offered a fight with Zhang three times before.
“She’s good, but the truth is they offered me Weili Zhang three times before that fight and the thing is, she needed me. Okay, she’s the champ now so it might look like she never needed me to become someone. Sometimes people are like, ‘Do you know who she is now?’ Of course I know who she is, but I fight in the Octagon, you know? I’m a professional athlete, I’m a businesswoman and I know who I am.
“I don’t do fights on Twitter. If [others fighters] call me out, I like it because I know I am in a strong position. Why are they calling me out? Because they know I can bring them to a different level. Maybe they can be lucky and win against former UFC champion, a dominant champion, which I was. [That would allow them to] get better money, get better exposure. Of course, they offered me Weili Zhang, but my goal was to fight for the belt. I took my spot, now I’m fighting Waterson and then I will go for the belt.
“Slowly, step-by-step, I will reach my goals and my dreams,” Jedrzejczyk said. “The thing is, there is a new UFC Performance Institute in China, so they probably needed a good fight and they just gave the title fight to this Chinese chick. She won, good for her; I’m very happy for her. I think she’s very strong, she’s very dynamic and she’s a good puncher. I hope she’s going to be a good champ for the UFC and the division before I face her.”
Jedrzejczyk has dropped three of her last four fights inside the UFC’s Octagon. In her last outing, Jedrzejczyk was bested by former Muay Thai foe Valentina Shevchenko for the vacant UFC women’s flyweight championship. Now, she drops back down to 115 pounds, where she’ll take on Waterson, hoping to solidify herself as the next challenger for the title.
What do you think about Jedrzejczyk having turned down a fight with Zhang in the past?
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk is the former UFC strawweight champion and held that reign for years before she was shockingly knocked out to Rose Namajunas at UFC 217. Since then, she has yet to reclaim the title, as she lost again to Namajunas then moved up in we…
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is the former UFC strawweight champion and held that reign for years before she was shockingly knocked out to Rose Namajunas at UFC 217. Since then, she has yet to reclaim the title, as she lost again to Namajunas then moved up in weight to flyweight and lost a title fight there, as […]
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Weili Zhang isn’t sold on Joanna Jedrzejczyk being back to form. Jedrzejczyk once ruled the strawweight roost. The Polish bruiser was undefeated with a record of 14-0 and successfully defended the UFC strawweight gold five times. Her reign was de…
Weili Zhang isn’t sold on Joanna Jedrzejczyk being back to form. Jedrzejczyk once ruled the strawweight roost. The Polish bruiser was undefeated with a record of 14-0 and successfully defended the UFC strawweight gold five times. Her reign was derailed back in Nov. 2017 when Rose Namajunas finished her in the first round via TKO. […]
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s return to the strawweight division at UFC Tampa is a high-reward fight. She is taking on Michelle Waterson in the main event where she says her contract states a win gets her a title shot. “We have in the contract that the wi…
Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s return to the strawweight division at UFC Tampa is a high-reward fight. She is taking on Michelle Waterson in the main event where she says her contract states a win gets her a title shot. “We have in the contract that the win will get a duel of the strawweight category. The fight […]
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