Joanna Jedrzejczyk: Beating Valentina Makes Me GOAT of Women’s MMA

The co-main event of UFC 231 will feature the UFC flyweight debut of Joanna Jedrzejczyk when she takes on Valentina Shevchenko for the vacant flyweight championship in the night’s co-main event. And days away from arguably the biggest fight of her stor…

The co-main event of UFC 231 will feature the UFC flyweight debut of Joanna Jedrzejczyk when she takes on Valentina Shevchenko for the vacant flyweight championship in the night’s co-main event. And days away from arguably the biggest fight of her storied career, Joanna is feeling good about her decision to move up a weight […]

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Joanna Jedrzejczyk Could Make History at UFC 231, But No One Is Talking About It

Through 25 years of UFC history, there have only been five fighters to have held championship titles in two weight classes, five legends. All five of them are among the greatest fighters in MMA history. Randy Couture was the heavyweight and light heavy…

Through 25 years of UFC history, there have only been five fighters to have held championship titles in two weight classes, five legends. All five of them are among the greatest fighters in MMA history. Randy Couture was the heavyweight and light heavyweight champion. BJ Penn held the welterweight and lightweight titles. Conor McGregor won […]

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Joanna Jedrzejczyk Addresses Muay Thai Losses to Shevchenko

It has been well publicized that Joanna Jedrzejczyk has a competitive past against her opponent at UFC 231 Valentina Shevchenko in the sport of Muay Thai. All told, Shevchenko holds three victories over Jedrzejczyk in Muay Thai, and Joanna discussed wh…

It has been well publicized that Joanna Jedrzejczyk has a competitive past against her opponent at UFC 231 Valentina Shevchenko in the sport of Muay Thai. All told, Shevchenko holds three victories over Jedrzejczyk in Muay Thai, and Joanna discussed what she learned from the losses in a recent interview: “The first fight, she won […]

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Tecia Torres vs. Weili Zhang Reported for UFC 235

Coming off an impressive first-round submission victory (armbar) over Jessica Aguilar last week at UFC Beijing, Weili Zhang already has her next fight booked as announced by UFC Officials earlier today, and it will be against the highest-profile oppone…

Coming off an impressive first-round submission victory (armbar) over Jessica Aguilar last week at UFC Beijing, Weili Zhang already has her next fight booked as announced by UFC Officials earlier today, and it will be against the highest-profile opponent Zhang has faced in her career to date when she takes on #8-ranked Tecia Torres at […]

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Valentina Shevchenko Believes Their History Is Affecting Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Valentina Shevchenko believes that their history is affecting Joanna Jedrzejczyk heading into their title fight at UFC 231.

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Valentina Shevchenko believes that certain history is affecting former UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk heading into their title fight. The two UFC stars are slated to co-headline the UFC 231 pay-per-view event. They will fight it out to see who will be crowned the UFC women’s flyweight champion.

For those who may not know, Shevchenko holds three victories over Jedrzejczyk in Muay Thai. Thus, she brought this history up during a recent interview with MMA Fighting.

“She can say that it’s not affecting her, but yes — it’s affecting her,” Shevchenko said of her victories over Jedrzejczyk. “We are saying sometimes that fighters can say whatever, but what they are feeling inside is totally different. And it’s affecting everything. It’s affecting everyone, for sure.”

The former women’s bantamweight title contender was supposed to fight Nicco Montano for the UFC women’s flyweight title in the co-main event of UFC 228. But this fight got canceled once it was revealed that Nicco Montano was hospitalized for kidney function issues. Thus, they made the title vacant and got a new opponent for Shevchenko.

“I don’t think that it will be much different,” Shevchenko said of how this fight will play out compared to their previous fights. “Of course, she is going to feel healthier, because she doesn’t have to cut. But I don’t think it’s gonna be much different for me in the face of Joanna. Of course, she will have more energy, but it doesn’t matter for me.”

Things Have Changed

The UFC 231 pay-per-view is set to take place on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Shevchenko did admit that their previous fights were years ago. However, that doesn’t prevent her from having an edge coming into their next fight.

“Of course it was years ago,” Shevchenko continued. “Of course she changed, she improved as a fighter, same as me. I’ve improved as a mixed martial arts fighter. But at the end of the day, in the final it doesn’t matter. All experience, it will help. And each experience I get from that fight, it will help me to win this fight.”

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Valentina Shevchenko: My Past With Joanna Still Matters

Valentina Shevchenko and Joanna Jedrzejczyk will square off in the co-main event of UFC 231 with the vacant flyweight championship on the line. This will be the first time the two women have faced in professional MMA, but the two have battled three tim…

Valentina Shevchenko and Joanna Jedrzejczyk will square off in the co-main event of UFC 231 with the vacant flyweight championship on the line. This will be the first time the two women have faced in professional MMA, but the two have battled three times in Muay Thai as eenagers, with the most recent bout taking […]

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