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Joanna Jedrzejczyk Moving Up To 125lb After TUF 23 Finale

UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk is looking to fight at 125 pounds and become a two-division UFC champion. She explained her game plan while speaking to FOX Sports on Wednesday during a media conference call. Keep in mind that she fights Claudia Gadelha at TUF Finale 23 next week. “I respect her as a

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UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk is looking to fight at 125 pounds and become a two-division UFC champion. She explained her game plan while speaking to FOX Sports on Wednesday during a media conference call. Keep in mind that she fights Claudia Gadelha at TUF Finale 23 next week.

“I respect her as a fighter, as my opponent,” Jedrzejczyk said. “I said after our first fight that Claudia was still the No. 1 for me cause at that time, I knew I was going to become the champ very soon.

According to Jedrzejczak, this will be her last fight with Gadelha, whom she fought before.

“I think it’s going to be the last fight between me and Claudia Gadelha because I have plans to move to the different weight class, to 125, if there will be an option to fight for a title next. We’ll see. I’m focused on this fight. I’m going to make sure I’m going to win this fight.”

“Yes, I want to be the first UFC female fighter who hold two belts in two different weight classes. I want to be the first champion of the 125-pound division. I think we need that division. So many girls from bantamweight can go down, so many girls from strawweight division can go up so the UFC should make the next division a female division.”

The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale will take place on Thursday, July 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The prelims will air on UFC Fight Pass and FOX Sports 1 while the main card will air on FS1.

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Video: Joe Rogan Breaks Down Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Claudia Gadelha Title Fight At TUF 23 Finale

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Another one of the underappreciated gems of UFC’s upcoming loaded International Fight Week next week, which will see three events in three days in Las Vegas, Nevada, features UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion and TUF 23 coach Joanna Jedrzejczyk looking to defend her title against bitter-rival and former foe, Claudia Gadelha, who also served as a coach for the TUF 23 season.

Featured above is a new video released by the UFC on Friday which features longtime commentator and analyst Joe Rogan breaking down the Jedrzejczyk-Gadelha 2 bout, which is a rematch of an awesome first Octagon encounter and serves as the main event for The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale event.

The Jedrzejczyk-Gadelha 2 headlined TUF 23 Finale event is scheduled to take place on Friday, July 8, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Joanna Jedrzejczyk Calls For New Flyweight Division: “I Want To Be First 125 Pound Champion”

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UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk is apparently looking to become the first-ever multiple division women’s champion in UFC history.

Ahead of her latest title defense against rival Claudia Gadelha, wh…

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UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk is apparently looking to become the first-ever multiple division women’s champion in UFC history.

Ahead of her latest title defense against rival Claudia Gadelha, which serves as the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale event on July 8, Jedrzejczyk spoke about her intentions to become the first UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion.

During the media call to promote the Jedrzejczyk-Gadelha bout on the TUF 23 Finale card, Jedrzejczyk urged the promotion to add a UFC women’s 125-pound division.

“I want to be the first champion of the 125-pound division,” said the reigning UFC women’s 115-pound champion. “I think the UFC should do this move.”

For her part, Gadelha seems to agree that the addition of a women’s 125-pound division would be a smart move for the promotion to make.

“A lot of good fighters at bantamweight can do very well at flyweight,” said Gadelha during the same media call.

Jedrzejczyk and Gadelha, who will fight for her 115-pound title on 7/8, fought previously in their UFC careers. Jedrzejczyk edged out Gadelha in a close, hard-fought bout, picking up the victory by split decision at the UFC On FOX 13 event in 2014.

Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Claudia Gadelha 2 headlines the TUF 23 Finale event, which goes down live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada during UFC’s International Fight Week on Friday, July 8, 2016.

Will Brooks Signs Deal With UFC, Will Fight At TUF 23 Finale

Former Bellator lightweight champion Will Brooks has reportedly inked a deal to join the UFC’s already star-studded 155-pound division, and according to MMAJunkie, ‘Ill Will’ will make his UFC debut at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 23 Finale this July 8 against Ross Pearson. Brooks (18-1) is on a head-turning eight-fight win streak not having lost

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Former Bellator lightweight champion Will Brooks has reportedly inked a deal to join the UFC’s already star-studded 155-pound division, and according to MMAJunkie, ‘Ill Will’ will make his UFC debut at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 23 Finale this July 8 against Ross Pearson.

Brooks (18-1) is on a head-turning eight-fight win streak not having lost since February of 2013. His most recent cage appearance saw him successfully retaining his Bellator 155-pound strap against Marcin Held at Bellator 145 last November.

‘Ill Will’ was later released by the promotion, being forced to vacate his longtime lightweight crown, and allowed to test the free-agency market. Bellator President Scott Coker had this to say on Brooks’ release:

“It was very simple,” he said. “Will Brooks’ contract is ending, and we made a decision not to renew it. We’re going to give him a full release, so we’re not going to be in the Will Brooks business any longer.”

Brooks’ inaugural opponent Pearson (19-10-1), has won three of his last five bouts, most recently taking home a split decision win over Chad Laprise at UFC Fight Night 85 in March. Pearson was originally scheduled to throw down with James Krause at the TUF 23 Finale; however, Krause was forced out of the bout for undisclosed reasons.

The TUF 23 Finale takes place live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, live on FS1 on July 8, 2016. It will be headlined by a women’s strawweight championship bout between champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and No. 1-ranked Claudia Gadelha.

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Top 10 Muay Thai Kickboxers In The UFC

Over the course of the sport’s short history, Thailand’s revered Muay Thai kickboxing has become one of the most common and successful bases from which to transfer to MMA. While we’ve learned that having skills in only one discipline is not a recipe for success in the modern version of MMA, many fighters with a focus on “the

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Over the course of the sport’s short history, Thailand’s revered Muay Thai kickboxing has become one of the most common and successful bases from which to transfer to MMA.

While we’ve learned that having skills in only one discipline is not a recipe for success in the modern version of MMA, many fighters with a focus on “the art of eight limbs” have found incredible success in the Octagon.

Originating in Thailand, where a booming professional scene still flourishes, Muay Thai is now used by combatants from all over the world.

This piece aims to rank the ten best fighters employing the striking style today. Devastating clinch work, slashing elbows, whipping kicks, and crushing knees all could gain a fighter entry to this list, as well as a traditional Muay Thai background. Those that use them to the most damaging effect, rely on them as fundamental to their games, and utilize a combination of these characteristic techniques set themselves apart and climb the ranks.

This is not an all-time list. That may come later. This one looks at the fighters on the current UFC roster most likely to finish a fight from the thai plum, break someone’s nose with a standing elbow, or send an opponent crashing to the canvas with a knee to the solar plexus.

Continue for the list of the best Muay Thai kickboxers in the UFC.

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Joanna Jedrzejczyk Unhappy With The Way She’s Portrayed On TUF 23

Joanna Jedrzejczyk is set to fight Claudia Gadelha in a women’s strawweight title bout at the TUF 23 Finale, and they are also coaching against each other on the current season of the Ultimate Fighter, which airs on FOX Sports 1. Jedrzejczyk spoke with Steve Cofield and RJ Clifford on their show SiriusXM Fight Club

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Jedrzejczyk spoke with Steve Cofield and RJ Clifford on their show SiriusXM Fight Club on Thursday about the show and how she did not like the way she was portrayed on the show.

“I don’t watch TUF. I don’t watch it because I don’t like how they show me… I know the stories, I know the things which happened so I’m not watching because what I saw in the first two episodes I wasn’t happy with that so I’m not watching this.”

“I heard every day that I’m a very good coach, that I’m a very good partner for my teammates and for my fighters but they show on TV that I’m a bad person but I’m not. So that’s why I’m not watching this. I’m focused on my preparations for my upcoming fight with Claudia Gadhela and I just want to make sure that I’m gonna be at 100 percent and you’re gonna hear ‘and still’ on July 8th.”

Jedrzejczyk explained that she is not going to back down from anyone but wants everyone to know that she is a nice person and takes except to the way she was shown on the show.

“The second episode or the third [episode] I saw that I was jumping to one of Claudia’s coaches but the story was different. They started the fight. I’m the champ. I became the champion a long time ago. You know I’ve been working so hard for my title and I cannot let Claudia or someone from her team jump to me. You know what I mean. They cannot push me, they cannot yell at me. I’m kind of tough girl and they cannot just play with me. When you’re nice to me, I’m nice to you; but when you are not nice, I’m even worse.

“People just see tense situations in the TUF program. They can see that I am bully but it wasn’t like that. Don’t trust everything you see on TV.”

You can listen to the interview here:

The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale will take place on July 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will air on FOX Sports 1.

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