Joanna Jedrzejczyk believes her American Top Team teammate, Colby Covington was humbled by Kamaru Usman at UFC 245. Heading into that fight, Covington had a public falling out with several fighters at ATT including Jedrzejczyk. “Chaos” was …
Joanna Jedrzejczyk believes her American Top Team teammate, Colby Covington was humbled by Kamaru Usman at UFC 245. Heading into that fight, Covington had a public falling out with several fighters at ATT including Jedrzejczyk. “Chaos” was talking a lot of trash to his teammates, and for the former strawweight champion, she says Usman gave […]
UFC 248 will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday March 7 live on pay-per-view following preliminary fights on ESPN and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+. In the main event Israel Adesanya will make the first defence of his undisputed middleweight title against feared Cuban wrestler Yoel Romero. A […]
UFC 248 will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on
Saturday March 7 live on pay-per-view following preliminary
fights on ESPN and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+.
In the main event Israel Adesanya will make the first defence
of his undisputed middleweight title against feared Cuban wrestler Yoel Romero.
A bitter build has proceeded our co-main event which again
sees a new champion making a first title defence. The first ever UFC champion
from China Weili Zhang will face former champion in a strawweight title fight.
The early morning weigh-ins take place at the fighter hotel and you can watch it live here from noon (ET). Alternatively, you can see all of the results below which will be updated live as they happen.
Following on from that the ceremonial weigh-ins take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The same venue which hosts tomorrows fight card. To watch it live click here.
MAIN CARD
(C) Israel Adesanya (184.5) vs. Yoel Romero (185) – for the middleweight title
(C) Zhang Weili (115) vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (115) – for the women’s strawweight title
Beneil Dariush (156) vs. Drakkar Klose (156)
Li Jingliang (171) vs. Neil Magny (171)
Max Griffin (170.5) vs. Alex Oliveira (171)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Sean O’Malley (135.5) vs. Jose Quinonez (135.5)
Austin Hubbard (154.5) vs. Mark Madsen (156)
Saparbek Safarov (186) vs. Rodolfo Vieira (186)
Gerald Meerschaert (185) vs. Deron Winn (185.5)
Early Prelims
Polyana Viana (116) vs. Emily Whitmire (117.5*)
Jamall Emmers (145.5) vs. Giga Chikadze (146)
Danaa Batgerel (136) vs. Guido Cannetti (135.5)
*Emily Whitmire missed weight by 1.5lbs – fined 20 percent of her purse
The UFC 248 weigh-ins are here. Tomorrow night (March 7), UFC 248 will be held inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the headliner, Israel Adesanya will put his UFC middleweight championship on the line against Yoel Romero. It’ll be the fi…
The UFC 248 weigh-ins are here. Tomorrow night (March 7), UFC 248 will be held inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the headliner, Israel Adesanya will put his UFC middleweight championship on the line against Yoel Romero. It’ll be the first time Adesanya puts his gold up for grabs. Also featured on […]
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Sean O’Malley has laid out his plan to take out Jose Quinonez early. This Saturday night (March 7), O’Malley will make his highly anticipated return to the Octagon. He’ll go one-on-one with Quinonez in the featured preliminary bout on the ESPN portion of UFC 248. It’ll be O’Malley’s first bout since March 2018. O’Malley Makes […]
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is confident she’ll reclaim her strawweight title at UFC 248. In the co-main event, Jedrzejczyk is set to battle Weili Zhang in the Chinese champion’s first title defense. It is a very interesting fight where the odds have the champion as a slight favorite. Yet, the Pole believes she will get her hand […]
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is confident she’ll reclaim her strawweight title at UFC 248.
In the co-main event, Jedrzejczyk is set to battle Weili Zhang in the Chinese champion’s first title defense. It is a very interesting fight where the odds have the champion as a slight favorite. Yet, the Pole believes she will get her hand raised and plans on making Zhang quit.
“I want to make her quit,” Jedrzejczyk told reporters at the UFC 248 open workouts (via MMA Junkie). “I’ve been through so many fights, this is my 14th fight in the UFC, 10th for the belt. I’m a naturally gifted fighter with such good conditioning and I want to make her quit.
“I want to make her quit and beg me to stop, that’s what’s going to happen. Of course, one punch can finish the fight but I’m ready for anything and everything. I’m not this person that says I’m going to knock her out, I’m going to submit her, no. You have to take fights second by second.”
Although Joanna Jedrzejczyk is confident she’ll make Weili Zhang quit, the champ believes she’ll earn a KO win. So, for the Pole, she says that fuels her even more.
“I need this sports violence, I need this aggression,” Jedrzejczyk said. “Her saying this, that’s what’s up. Jessica Andrade said the same thing, that she’s going to knock me out.
“These girls, they look short and muscular, they look powerful, and she has power, but I know how to avoid it. She can try, but she going to face the best in the business. She knows that she needs me to make this money and become a superstar in the UFC strawweight division. And there are people who doubt me and are going to do that but my legacy is so big. So she’s saying this, things just got real, let’s go. Let’s go on Saturday.”
Do you think Joanna Jedrzejczyk will be able to make Weili Zhang quit at UFC 248?