Joanna Jedrzejczyk has been stopped by Rose Namajunas. The first title bout of UFC 217 featured strawweight title holder Jedrzejczyk putting her gold on the line against Rose Namajunas. The championship match took place inside Madison Square Garden in New York City. A leg kick from Namajunas got the action started. Jedrzejczyk got hit with […]
Joanna Jedrzejczyk has been stopped by Rose Namajunas.
The first title bout of UFC 217 featured strawweight title holder Jedrzejczyk putting her gold on the line against Rose Namajunas. The championship match took place inside Madison Square Garden in New York City.
A leg kick from Namajunas got the action started. Jedrzejczyk got hit with a counter right hand off a leg kick. A combination connected for the champion. Namajunas dropped Jedrzejczyk with a right hand, but the champion got back up.
Namajunas got countered with a one-two from Jedrzejczyk. A right hand landed for the challenger. Namajunas dropped Jedrzejczyk again and followed up with ground-and-pound to finish the fight. Namajunas has done it!
While Jedrzejczyk looked to tap due to stikes, the official result was a knockout.
Final Result: Rose Namajunas def. Joanna Jedrzejczyk via knockout (strikes) – R1, 3:03
The UFC’s best fight card of the year is here, and it’s actually intact.
In a year full of fights falling apart at the last second, it’s about time that fight fans get to see some of the best in the world finally enter the Octagon and put their titles …
The UFC’s best fight card of the year is here, and it’s actually intact.
In a year full of fights falling apart at the last second, it’s about time that fight fans get to see some of the best in the world finally enter the Octagon and put their titles on the line. Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City, UFC 217 will host three title fights, including the return of UFC legend Georges St-Pierre.
GSP will face off against current Middleweight champion, Michael Bisping, in what will be the former welterweight champion’s first fight in four years.
But even though that fight is considered the main event of the evening, it might not even be the best fight on the main card. That’s how stacked it is.
Here’s a full look at the night’s fight-card schedule, including updated odds for each fight.
History is on the line for Joanna, as she can tie Ronda Rousey’s record of six title defenses with a victory at UFC 217, while recording her ninth straight victory.
But in this instance, history takes a back step. All we care about is finally seeing Jedrzejczyk back inside the Octagon against Thug Rose.
On paper, this is the champ’s fight to lose. Rose is too young, inexperienced and has never fought someone like Joanna. Having said that, Rose does offer one thing that the champ can’t prepare for: the unpredictable.
Namajunas has submitted her opponents in various ways from all sorts of angles. Getting Joanna on the mat will be a challenge, but never say never. For Jedrzejczyk, she’s easily the most skilled female striker in the game and pound-for-pound, regardless of gender, in the world.
During Thursday’s press conference, Joanna told her audience what to expect on fight night, and who are we to disagree with her?
The boogey woman is, indeed, coming, and she’s going to take out Rose with a third-round TKO finish.
Cody Garbrandt vs. T.J. Dillashaw
For all the cringeworthy trash talk that’s been surrounding this fight over the past six months, this is still one hell of a fight that could easily take Fight of the Night honors.
The bad blood, the Team Alpha Male drama—this fight has it all, and the UFC has struck gold having it as the night’s co-main event. Garbrandt, as we’ve seen during his brief-yet-meteoric rise in the UFC, has the kiss of death in his hands and boxing skills that would give Conor McGregor a run for his money.
For being such a hot head outside of the Octagon, his patience with his strikes and his fluid footwork once the fight starts is surprising, and it showed how much Dominick Cruz underestimated his skills when Garbrandt won the bantamweight title with a masterclass performance last year.
We know what Garbrandt is capable of inside the Octagon, but the real question surrounding this fight is how much Dillashaw has improved since the last time we’ve seen him fight for a title.
After losing his title to Cruz, Dillashaw went on a mission to become one of the most complete fighters at 135 pounds in the world, even if it meant leaving Team Alpha Male to do so.
In his last performance against John Lineker, Dillashaw looked—for lack of a better word—incredible. If that version of Dillashaw has improved even more since then, it could be a long night for Garbrandt. But as we all know when it comes to those four-ounce gloves, it only takes one punch.
I anticipate Dillashaw showing Garbrandt different looks, even looking to shoot for a couple takedowns to take away Garbrandt’s advantage on the feet.
Dillashaw will win the first round handedly, but Garbrandt will soon figure out his timing and solve the puzzle, allowing him to unload a right-hand bomb that sends Dillashaw to the canvas in the second round. A little ground-and-pound should be enough for the referee to stop the fight and give the champ his first title defense of his career.
Michael Bisping vs. Georges St-Pierre
Yeah, this card just gets better and better as the night goes on.
GSP might not have been the most entertaining fighter when the history books are written, but no one can deny his wrestling skill set and fight IQ. As for Bisping, when have you ever been bored watching The Count inside of the Octagon? Even if he does get viciously knocked out a la Dan Henderson.
In many ways, this is a bizarre matchup. Not only is GSP fighting at 185 pounds for the first time in his career, he’s fighting one of the best strikers the UFC has ever had in Bisping, who owns the record for most significant strikes landed, most wins inside of the Octagon and most fights.
He’s coming off a war against Henderson and a knockout victory over Luke Rockhold, and now Bisping has his eyes set on putting himself in the GOAT conversation with a win over GSP. The game plan is rather simple for Bisping, who wants to keep this fight on the feet as much as he can.
After all, he did say his greatest fear is getting cuddled to death by GSP yesterday, and he’s not exaggerating.
GSP’s wrestling and jiu-jitsu is world-class and he would be foolish to try and exchange with Bisping on the feet, even if he does have legendary boxing coach Freddie Roach in his corner.
GSP may have made the 185-pound weight limit easily, but how comfortable is he fighting a five-round fight at that weight against a guy like Bisping, who never seems to slow down?
The former 170-pound champ bit off more than he can chew with this fight, and it will show after a strong opening couple of minutes where GSP looks like his old self until the adrenaline wears off. The extra muscle and weight he’s carrying around will work against him as his movement slows down and his breathing becomes heavy.
Bisping will use his cardio to his advantage and load on the pressure with well-executed combinations, backing GSP up against the cage. From there, Bisping will have his way with the former champ, ultimately getting the finish with a second-round TKO after GSP goes down to the mat and covers up, waiting for the referee to stop the fight.
With the loss, it’s safe to say that this will be the final time (for real this time) that fight fans will see GSP fight in the UFC.
Tomorrow night (Sat. November 4, 2017) UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk will attempt to make her sixth consecutive title defense when she takes on 25-year-old challenger Rose Namajunas. Jędrzejczyk is undefeated in her mixed martial arts (MMA) career and has won 14-straight fights, finishing four via knockout. Jędrzejczyk has downed the elite of the division in […]
Tomorrow night (Sat. November 4, 2017) UFC strawweight champion Joanna J?drzejczyk will attempt to make her sixth consecutive title defense when she takes on 25-year-old challenger Rose Namajunas.
J?drzejczyk is undefeated in her mixed martial arts (MMA) career and has won 14-straight fights, finishing four via knockout. J?drzejczyk has downed the elite of the division in names such as Carla Esparza, Jessica Penne, Claudia Gadelha, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, and Jessica Andrade. With a win over Namajunas, J?drzejczyk will have essentially defeated all challengers worthy of a title opportunity.
Namajunas lost out on the chance to be the inaugural 115-pound champion of the UFC back when she lost to Carla Esparza via third round submission back in December of 2014. Since then “Thug” has gone four for five inside the Octagon, as her most recent appearance saw her down “The Karate Hottie” Michelle Waterson in the second round of their fight this past April.
Now J?drzejczyk and Namajunas are set to square off in one of three title fights on tomorrow’s UFC 217 pay-per-view (PPV) from Madison Square Garden. In the lead-up to the fight J?drzejczyk has been attempting to get into the head of Namajunas with her trash-talk, however, “Thug” has seemed unfazed by the Polish champ’s brash attacks.
During the ceremonial UFC 217 weigh-ins Namajunas finally started speaking back to J?drzejczyk, who was firing off insults as the pair squared off. You can check out their interaction here:
If J?drzejczyk is able to win tomorrow night she will tie Ronda Rousey as the most successful female champion in UFC history. Then she can set her sights on breaking newly-crowned UFC title defense record-holder Demetrious Johnson’s incredible feat of 11. Who are you picking tomorrow night in New York?
UFC 217 is one day away and the fifth episode of Embedded was released on the UFC’s YouTube channel. In the episode, welterweight Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson enjoys Halloween night in Times Square. Former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw trains to recapture his title, while strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk trains to keep hers. Middleweight challenger Georges St-Pierre meets […]
UFC 217 is one day away and the fifth episode of Embedded was released on the UFC’s YouTube channel.
In the episode, welterweight Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson enjoys Halloween night in Times Square. Former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw trains to recapture his title, while strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk trains to keep hers. Middleweight challenger Georges St-Pierre meets with legendary coaches Firas Zahabi, Freddie Roach and Renzo Gracie. Middleweight champion Michael Bisping is good-naturedly trash-talked by his son, then has a less humorous interaction with welterweight Jorge Masvidal. Champions and title challengers mingle before the pre-fight press conference, then have heated exchanges and menacing staredowns on stage.
UFC 217 is a few days away and the fourth episode of Embedded was released on the UFC’s YouTube channel. In the episode, former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and current middleweight champion Michael Bisping continue their war of words at an ESPN media day leading up to their bout. Strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk attempts to settle […]
UFC 217 is a few days away and the fourth episode of Embedded was released on the UFC’s YouTube channel.
In the episode, former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and current middleweight champion Michael Bisping continue their war of words at an ESPN media day leading up to their bout. Strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk attempts to settle a case of canine sibling rivalry. Bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt and his rival TJ Dillashaw are fitted for all manner of equipment, from custom watches to Legacy Series walkout shirts to mouthguards. At the host hotel, a playful St-Pierre manipulates the scales and tests his skills in an entirely new sport, while welterweight Jorge Masvidal is all business. Strawweight challenger Rose Namajunas makes her way to New York City with two- and four-legged training partners, and welterweight Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson watches a Rangers game inside Madison Square Garden.
UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk has a big goal in mind going into her fight at UFC 217. Jedrzejczyk is attempting to tie former women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey’s UFC record six consecutive title defenses for a female champion. She is slated to defend her title against top contender Rose Namajunas the co-main event […]
UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk has a big goal in mind going into her fight at UFC 217.
Jedrzejczyk is attempting to tie former women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey’s UFC record six consecutive title defenses for a female champion.
She is slated to defend her title against top contender Rose Namajunas the co-main event of UFC 217 PPV (pay-per-view) event, which is set to take place on Saturday, November 4th in New York at Madison Square Garden.
The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, at 6:30 p.m. ET.
It appears that Rousey’s days as an MMA fighter are over following her stint of dominance during her prime which was impressive. On the flip side, Jedrzejczyk has done things her way during her title reign.
Now, she needs to add one more to the win column at UFC 217 to tie Rousey’s record. If she can do that and then win another fight, she believes that she’ll take sole possession of the record.
“I’m ready to put on a great fight on Saturday,” Jedrzejczyk said to MMA Junkie at today’s UFC 217 open workouts. “Believe me, I will tie Ronda Rousey’s record (and then) break the record of seven title fights in the women’s division.”
By looking at the early betting odds, Jedrzejczyk enters UFC 217 as a sizable 6-1 betting favorite.
“I don’t give up,” Jedrzejczyk said. “I never give up. I’m ready. I was born ready.”
The UFC’s best fight card of the year is here, and it’s actually intact.