UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk is just one win away from tying Ronda Rousey’s record for the most consecutive title defenses made by a female fighter, and it sounds as if the Polish champion has an idea of where she’d like to make that next title defense: “I would like to fight in New […]
UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk is just one win away from tying Ronda Rousey’s record for the most consecutive title defenses made by a female fighter, and it sounds as if the Polish champion has an idea of where she’d like to make that next title defense:
“I would like to fight in New York in Madison Square Garden in November,” Jedrzejczyk said today during a “Women of the UFC” panel at Park Theater in Las Vegas (Via MMAFighting). “I want to be back in the historical place.”
A pay-per-view isn’t currently scheduled for November, although it’s expected that the UFC will return to the Empire State around that time.
“Joanna Champion” fought at Madison Square Garden last November, scoring a decision victory over Karolina Kowalkiewicz in a five round thriller at UFC 205. She followed that up with an impressive showing at UFC 211, scoring a one-sided victory over Jessica Andrade.
Since her most recent victory, Jedrzejczyk has been quite busy, and she admitted that she hasn’t had much time to train:
“I don’t have time for my sponsorship and media obligations home in Poland, so the last five weeks were crazy,” she said. “I didn’t have time for training. But it was good. I could relax, physically, mentally and spend some time with my friends. It was nice.”
Despite her hectic schedule, Jedrzejczyk has her sights set on returning to the Octagon in the near future, but she plans to have a discussion with UFC President Dana White beforehand:
“Dana is on vacation, so I didn’t call him,” she said. “But I texted with him, and I’m going to fight again. But let’s sit and talk.”
Who would you like to see the 115-pound queen take on next?
Conor McGregor made history this past weekend (Nov. 12, 2016) at UFC 205 when he knocked out Eddie Alvarez in the second round of their main event bout to become the first fighter in promotional history to simultaneously hold two titles at one time. The “Notorious” one was dominant, but that’s not because Alvarez took
Conor McGregor made history this past weekend (Nov. 12, 2016) at UFC 205 when he knocked out Eddie Alvarez in the second round of their main event bout to become the first fighter in promotional history to simultaneously hold two titles at one time. The “Notorious” one was dominant, but that’s not because Alvarez took him lightly, at least according to McGregor’s longtime head coach John Kavanagh:
“I think it’s more talk,” he said on “The MMA Hour” earlier this afternoon. “I think there is no doubt these guys did whatever they could in training — they absolutely killed themselves. You see Eddie with a black eye eight days out, that’s sparring hard, so the work was put in. I just think it’s a major surprise to them when the first shot lands.”
Despite the work Kavanagh assumes Alvarez put in, he did admit that he simply felt as if the contest was a ‘mismatch’ in terms of the two fighters skill sets:
“To be honest, and I was thinking about how I was going to say this because I know it will be taken out of context, and it’s absolutely no comment on Eddie’s personality as a person — he seems like a great guy, solid fighter. But, if we are just looking at skill sets, going in — and it was a reason I was able to take it all in during the week — but this was a massive mismatch,” declared Kavanagh.
“Again, that’s nothing against him as a person, I’m just saying skills-wise. I really felt this would look worse than the (Marcus) Brimage fight. I knew it’d be that style of fight that he would always be too late, always getting hit and fall apart. I did think his toughness would take him into the second round. But, skills-wise, I just thought it was a massive mismatch. And I will humbly offer the evidence of the fight that it warranted that. All of our people back home, all of our sparring partners we all saw this thinking, ‘This is going to be a bad fight. This is going to look terrible.’”
At the end of the day, Kavanagh simply felt as if McGregor was too comfortable with Alvarez’s style as opposed to the Irishman’s past opponent, Nate Diaz, who offered different challenges:
“Where as Nate (Diaz) was so interesting because style and size wise. It wasn’t a massive size difference, but, it was enough to make it interesting and enough to offer new problems. But, this one, unorthodox, head down kind of brawler with a simple style of wrestling, not very complicated. I just felt like you have to bring a hell of lot more than that to the plate to trouble what I think is the best fighter on the planet right now.”
Do you agree with the head trainer’s assessment of his star pupil’s performance?
We are now just days away from the landmark UFC 205 event, as the card is set for this Saturday night (Nov. 12, 2016) live on pay-per-view (PPV) from the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The UFC has stacked the deck from top to bottom with this card, and it’s
We are now just days away from the landmark UFC 205 event, as the card is set for this Saturday night (Nov. 12, 2016) live on pay-per-view (PPV) from the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
The UFC has stacked the deck from top to bottom with this card, and it’s safe to say that it will be a special night for sure. In fact, it has been billed as the biggest card in promotional history.
Let’s take a look at five reasons why it just might be:
The UFC’s New York City Debut
To start things off, UFC 205 will mark the UFC’s inaugural show at Madison Square Garden, an arena that the promotion has attempted to hold an event at for years. With the sport finally being legalized in the Empire State last year, the UFC will finally get to take the sport of mixed martial arts to the one of the most infamous arenas in the history of combat sports, and because of that, the card has an added pop to it.
The UFC has promised fight fans for years that once it was able to enter New York, a blockbuster show would soon follow, and it looks as if the promotion has owned up to it’s promise with one of the greatest cards of all-time.
Reigning UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will look to make the first defense of his 170-pound title in the co-main event of this weekend’s (Nov. 12, 2016) UFC 205, but many feel as if he’ll have a tough test in front of him, as he’s set to take on the surging Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson, a
Reigning UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will look to make the first defense of his 170-pound title in the co-main event of this weekend’s (Nov. 12, 2016) UFC 205, but many feel as if he’ll have a tough test in front of him, as he’s set to take on the surging Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson, a man who was an incredible seven straight fights.
While many feel as if Thompson has the tools necessary to dethrone “The Chosen One”, Woodley doesn’t plan on surrendering his strap any time soon:
“It’s my time,” Woodley told MMAJunkie at today’s UFC 205 open workouts. “I’m not losing to anybody. My last loss was my last loss.”
Despite coming off of a brutal first round knockout of Robbie Lawler last July, Woodley has been deemed the underdog against Thompson, although he isn’t bothered by that, as it actually adds ‘fuel’ to his ‘fire’:
“They like to fuel my fire,” Woodley said of the oddsmakers. “I’ve been the underdog my last five fights and I’ve won them. … I think (my fight is) just pure domination, pure violence. I plan on annihilating everyone in this division and I’m going to prove everyone wrong.”
Do you expect Woodley to retain his title on Saturday at the famed Madison Square Garden in New York, or will “Wonderboy” walk away as the new undisputed champion?
Reigning UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk will look to make the fourth defense of her 115-pound title when she meets fellow undefeated Polish fighter Karolina Kowalkiewicz on the main card of this weekend’s (Nov. 12, 2016) UFC 205 from Madison Square Garden in New York. While “Joanna Champion” has seemed to improve each and every
Reigning UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk will look to make the fourth defense of her 115-pound title when she meets fellow undefeated Polish fighter Karolina Kowalkiewicz on the main card of this weekend’s (Nov. 12, 2016) UFC 205 from Madison Square Garden in New York.
While “Joanna Champion” has seemed to improve each and every time out, she may not be around too much longer as she recently told MMAJunkie that she may be ready to retire in a ‘few years’ and head into motherhood:
“I had the thought in my head a year ago, two years ago I was like, ‘I want to fight two more years,’ and then this year I was like, ‘Maybe I’ll fight to next year or next few years and be done with that. When (I retire) I’m going to be the perfect wife or perfect mother. I want to be the same, (giving) 100 percent. I know I’m not retiring in two months or beginning of the next year because then I will want to come back and have a fight with someone who is important. My goal is to make my dreams come true, my goals come true, and be undefeated. Fight for the next few fights and then see what’s going to happen. That’s my goal.”
Retiring on top and retiring in the prime of the year has always seemed to be a tough thing for a fighter, and it may be tough for the 29-year-old 12-0 champion, but only time will tell.
Would you be surprised to see “Joanna Champion” hang up her gloves in only a few years time?
Heading in to the monster UFC 205 pay-per-view in New York, there’s a ton of interesting questions regarding the main event. Eddie Alvarez will attempt his first title defense against a fellow champion, ‘The Notorious’ 145-pound boss Conor McGregor. After competing twice against Nate Diaz in the welterweight division, McGregor once again fights outside the
Heading in to the monster UFC 205 pay-per-view in New York, there’s a ton of interesting questions regarding the main event. Eddie Alvarez will attempt his first title defense against a fellow champion, ‘The Notorious’ 145-pound boss Conor McGregor. After competing twice against Nate Diaz in the welterweight division, McGregor once again fights outside the featherweight bracket at the historic Madison Square Garden. The first UFC event on New York soil could well prove to be the biggest of all-time.
Standing on the brink of becoming the first champion to hold belts in two weight classes at once, the Irish striker has also faced some adversity this past week. The Nevada Athletic Commission held another kangaroo court, this time handing down an outrageous $150K fine to McGregor. The NAC was looking to punish ‘The Notorious’ for the infamous UFC 202 bottle throwing incident. Responding to the commission yesterday, McGregor claimed he wouldn’t be paying them a dime.
Jose Aldo
Speaking during a Facebook Q & A with The Lad Bible, Conor McGregor addressed a number of current topics in the fight game. After Jose Aldo, the man McGregor KO’d in 13 seconds at UFC 194, announced he doesn’t want to fight for the UFC anymore, and the confirmation of his lightweight title fight, ‘The Notorious’ had a lot to say.
“I don’t think (Jose Aldo) wants the rematch. I think he’s happy with this feud, this get out clause. I knocked him out, then he came back and won the decision, has the interim belt. I think he wants to separate himself, to have this feud. He doesn’t want this again.”
Alvarez
Coming in to this huge champions main event at UFC 205, Conor McGregor says he’s been preparing against fighters with Eddie Alvarez’s style his entire career:
“I’ve been facing that style my whole life. It’s easy, it’s a lot better for me. You don’t have to source out these taller, bigger training partners. There’s a million training partners who replicate this opponent’s style. I’m very happy with it. We’ve continued on the cardio vascular, we’ve been monitoring that very closely. As I’m coming down to 155 I’m shredding up, I was stuffing my face to even make 168 before. My VO2 max has improved, I’m feeling good.”
“I don’t think (Alvarez) poses any threat. He’s a tough kid, he’s got some good fights and experience, but he’ll be out. It’s over, he knows it, his team knows it. My fist is bigger than this guy’s head. When it connects, he’ll be unconscious. It’ll be early, and it’ll be devastating.”
UFC 205 Fight Card
Eddie Alvarez vs. Conor McGregor (for Alvarez’s lightweight belt) Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson (for Woodley’s welterweight belt) Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (for Jedrzejczyk’s strawweight belt) Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Michael Johnson Yoel Romero vs. Chris Weidman Donald Cerrone vs. Kelvin Gastelum Raquel Pennington vs. Miesha Tate Frankie Edgar vs. Jeremy Stephens Rashad Evans vs. Tim Kennedy Tim Boetsch vs. Rafael Natal Thiago Alves vs. Jim Miller Lyman Good vs. Belal Muhammad Liz Carmouche vs. Katlyn Chookagian
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