Former UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk has confirmed that she will be stepping into the octagon as a strawweight again.
Jedrzejczyk's last bout against Valentina Shevchenko for the UFC Women’s Flyweight Championship at UFC 231 ended with a loss for the former Strawweight champion. Since then, Jedrzejczyk has been healing from her injuries sustained during her flyweight matchup, but during the UFC 234 media session (thanks to
MMA Junkie), Joanna confirmed her future plans going forward in the octagon:
“I will go down to 115,” Jedrzejczyk said.
“I need some time to refresh my body, refresh my mind and I feel the fire. People define me as an athlete after my victory or lost fights, but I put on great camps. Before my last camp I was quality over quantity, but I did both. I’ve been working really hard for the last few years and I will be back stronger.”
Jedrzejczyk plans on attending UFC 237 for the Rose Namajunas/Jessica Andrade fight. The former UFC Women’s Strawweight champion has her sights set on a rematch against Namajunas, who defeated Joanna to capture the top strawweight gold in the women’s division:
“I was getting mad at Rose,” Jedrzejczyk said.
“Of course she’s the champ, but I was a busy champion. You cannot wait. You must defend your belt once in a year and I’m very happy I heard about this fight is happening. Definitely I want to go to Brazil and watch this fight. 99 percent I will go to Brazil to watch this fight live.”