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Jedrzejczyk Feels She Won Every Round 10-8: “Kowalkiewicz Was Dangerous For 10 Seconds”

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While there are plenty of fans who would like to see a rematch between Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Karolina Kowalkiewicz after they put on one of the more exciting fights at this past Saturday’s UFC 205 pay-per-view, it looks…

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While there are plenty of fans who would like to see a rematch between Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Karolina Kowalkiewicz after they put on one of the more exciting fights at this past Saturday’s UFC 205 pay-per-view, it looks like the two most important people who could make that happen aren’t exactly interested right now.

Not only did Dana White seem to indicate that Claudia Gadelha could be next for yet another fight against the undefeated UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion, Joanna Jedrzejczyk herself made it clear that she too is ready to move on to the next challenge.

Jedrzejczyk, who defeated Kowalkiewicz in one of three championship bouts on the historic fight card held at Madison Square Garden in New York City this past weekend, appeared as a guest on Monday’s edition of “The MMA Hour” and spoke with show-host Ariel Helwani about the possibility of a third fight with the fellow decorated Polish striker.

As far as Jedrzejczyk is concerned, Kowalkiewicz not only did not do enough to warrant another crack at the title, but she noted that she feels Kowalkiewicz lost every round 10-8, outside of the fourth round, which she still refused to give her Polish counter part any credit for.

“No, come on. She lost the fight,” Jedrzejczyk told the MMAFighting.com reporter / host on Monday afternoon when asked about a potential rematch against Kowalkiewicz.

“Joanna Champion” went on to make the wild claim that not only did she win every round, but she feels that she dominated each round enough to deserve 10-8 scores in the first, second, third and fifth rounds. Regarding the fourth round, Jedrzejczyk only gave Kowalkiewicz credit for being “dangerous for like ten seconds.”

“It was like 10-8 every round. Maybe the fourth round she was dangerous for like ten seconds,” Joanna said to support her claim that Karolina isn’t deserving of another title shot yet.

To further back up her claims, Jedrzejczyk pointed to the UFC Welterweight Championship bout between Tyron Woodley and Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson that immediately followed her fight on the PPV main card at UFC 205.

According to the UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion, that would be a good example of a fight that warrants an immediate rematch.

“In Woodley and Thompson, Thompson deserved the rematch, you know? The fight was so close, but come on, she can’t talk about the rematch. I heard she was running to Dana [White] right after the fight and asking for the rematch, but come on. Come on.”

Check out the complete Joanna Jedrzejczyk interview from Monday’s episode of “The MMA Hour” courtesy of their official YouTube channel via the video player embedded above.

Video: Highlights Of Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz From UFC 205

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Heading into Saturday night’s historic UFC 205 event, which kicked off UFC action in the Empire State after New York finally legalized the sport of MMA earlier this year, it was known that in the Women’s Title fight, it …

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Heading into Saturday night’s historic UFC 205 event, which kicked off UFC action in the Empire State after New York finally legalized the sport of MMA earlier this year, it was known that in the Women’s Title fight, it was going to be an undefeated, decorated Polish striker that would leave the Octagon with the title belt around her waist.

In the first of three World Title fights to scheduled to close out the main pay-per-view card, undefeated UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and undefeated contender Karolina Kowalkiewicz, both of whom hail from Poland, went into the cage on Saturday night looking to prove they were the best. Although she was on the ropes and in real danger of potentially getting finished late in the fight, it was “Joanna Champion” that left with the gold belt and the “0” in her losses column in tact.

Featured above are highlights of the UFC Women’s Strawweight Championship bout from Saturday night’s UFC 205 pay-per-view, which emanated from Madison Square Garden in New York City.

For complete UFC 205 results from Madison Square Garden, click here.

Poll: Was UFC 205 The Best MMA Event Of All Time?

With tonight’s (Sat., November 12, 2016) historic UFC 205 in the record books from Madison Square Garden in New York City, the collective MMA world can now bask in the glory of a so-called ‘super card’ that actually delivered to the point of legitimately being in the conversation for the best mixed martial arts event

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With tonight’s (Sat., November 12, 2016) historic UFC 205 in the record books from Madison Square Garden in New York City, the collective MMA world can now bask in the glory of a so-called ‘super card’ that actually delivered to the point of legitimately being in the conversation for the best mixed martial arts event of all time.

The card featured UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor making history by stopping lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez to become the first concurrent two-weight champion in UFC history in the main event, yet it also featured so, so much more. New York City’s first major MMA event also showcased the absolutely insane back-and-forth war between Tyron Woodley Stephen Thompson in the co-main event in addition to Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s entertaining women’s strawweight title bout versus a very game Karolina Kowalkiewicz.

The main card had more drama still, with Yoel Romero knocking out former champ Chris Weidman with a picturesque flying knee and Miesha Tate’s shocking retirement after her decision loss to Raquel Pennington. Finally, the prelims were home to even more exciting fights, as Frankie Edgar once again showed his legendary heart by surviving a huge head kick from Jeremy Stephens to outlast the power-hitting “Lil’ Heathen,” while top lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov picked up his first win over a top competitor in two-and-a-half years when he submitted Michael Johnson after a dominant wrestling display.

All in all, it was a legendary event that made a strong case for the best MMA event ever. Do you think it earned that lofty title?

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Twitter Reacts To Conor McGregor’s Historic Victory

The Ultimate Fighting Championship rolled into Madison Square Garden in New York, NY, tonight (Saturday, November 12, 2016) with one of the deepest slates of talent in history. The fights delivered on the hype. In the main event, Conor McGregor turned in a masterful performance in dismantling defending lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez. In doing so, ‘Notorious’,

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship rolled into Madison Square Garden in New York, NY, tonight (Saturday, November 12, 2016) with one of the deepest slates of talent in history.

The fights delivered on the hype.

In the main event, Conor McGregor turned in a masterful performance in dismantling defending lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez. In doing so, ‘Notorious’, the reigning featherweight ruler, became the first man in UFC history to hold championships in two weight classes simultaneously. He knocked Alvarez down three times in the first round with devastating counter left hands. He did the trick one more time in the second, and he pounced on a dazed Alvarez to seal the victory.

The middle fight of the title tripleheader was marred by controversy, but it was a fantastic fight. Welterweight champion Tyron Woodley took down the challenger, Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson, in the first round and battered him. Two lackluster rounds followed for the champ, as Thompson got back into the fight with volume kickboxing and distance control. ‘The Chosen One’ nearly ended the proceedings several times in the fourth round, however, and it proved to be a 10-8 round that saved his title. A crushing right hand, ground and pound, and a vice-like guillotine could not put the supremely tough ‘Wonderboy’ away.

The scorecards were read 47-47, 47-47, and 48-47 Woodley, and the fight was mistakenly declared a split decision for Woodley. Part-way through the post-fight interview, a correction was read that the fight was a majority draw. Woodley retained his title, but did not claim the victory. Boos rained down from the crowd at the confusing and unsatisfying result.

In the first title tilt of the evening, Joanna Jedrzejczyk defeated countrywoman Karolina Kowalkiewicz by unanimous decision in a fight she largely dominated. Superior power, combinations, and leg kicks buoyed ‘Joanna Champion’ to a 3-0 lead on the scorecards, but Kowalkiewicz got her licks in. The challenger looked to be on the brink of stealing the belt in round four, when she caught Jedrzejczyk moving forward onto a hard shot, wobbling the champion’s legs. Joanna survived, but by the end of the fight, she sported a grisly hematoma on the right side of her face so that everyone watching knew she had been in a fight.

Check out Twitter’s reaction to these historic bouts below:

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UFC 205: Joanna Jedrzejczyk Is the Substance to Ronda Rousey’s Style

If you didn’t know anything about MMA and you heard about a ferocious women’s champion, whom would you imagine?
If you heard about a savage no one could beat, who had built a legacy in a couple of years on the broken noses and battered face…

If you didn’t know anything about MMA and you heard about a ferocious women’s champion, whom would you imagine?

If you heard about a savage no one could beat, who had built a legacy in a couple of years on the broken noses and battered faces of those silly enough to oppose her, whom would you envision?

For many, Ronda Rousey is the boilerplate of female ferocity, given her ascension to the UFC first and the push she received when she arrived. She kicked the door down for women in back in 2012. Rousey held her title over three years and five defenses, showing up in movies and magazines along the way.

She was a dynamo, a live wire in a sport that desperately needed one. Rousey backed it up in the cage—the only place that matters. A place where no amount of red carpets or Ellen appearances will save your life if you show up unprepared.

Until she wasn’t.

Last November, Rousey arrived in Australia to defend her title against Holly Holm. It was a bout most felt would amount to a brief aside on her press tour of world dominance. Needless to say, when Holm wailed on her for six minutes and then finished her with a head kick, there was some surprise.

Since then, Rousey has been a ghost. An afterthought. A specter lingering on the fringes of the bantamweight division she once ruled so dominantly. Rousey has remained relevant only because Dana White insisted she’d be back and media have to ask about something in the 135-pound weight class.

She’ll return now at UFC 207 for a chance to reclaim her title. But the long layoff and smoke and mirrors surrounding it may have revealed her to be more style than substance. Somewhere along the way—amid the badly outclassed opponents, quick stoppage wins and ascension to global stardom—she became more brand than baddest woman on the planet.

And while that was happening, a women’s champion of true substance was emerging. The one you’d imagine.

Twenty pounds south of Rousey, Joanna Jedrzejczyk has been plying her trade to the tune of a strawweight belt and a 12-0 record. She’s built that record on the crispest hands in the sport, a high pace and a ruthlessness that almost no one in MMA can match.

She inflicts beautiful, technical pain on those who dare try and take her title from her. She blisters them with combinations and footwork that they’ve never seen and likely hope never to see again.

She’s hard to take down and almost impossible to hold down if you get her there.

She’s a tireless worker who left everything she knew and loved in Poland to move to America and chase excellence.

She’s openly, obsessively focused not with keeping her title but with being the greatest mixed martial artist to ever strap on gloves.

At UFC 205, Jedrzejczyk will look to defend her title for a fourth time overall as she faces fellow Pole Karolina Kowalkiewicz. The matchup serves as part of an unprecedented triple main event for the promotion’s first trip to New York City.

She’s been predictably focused and is now nipping on the heels of Rousey’s record for title defenses in a ladies’ weight class. That’s something she could easily match by early 2017 if she’s successful in the Big Apple.

It’s an interesting dichotomy—these two phenomenal women and their successes in a sport that was as much about testosterone as anything else for much of its infancy. Rousey was and probably still is the biggest female name in the game. But Jedrzejczyk may finally hit the mainstream herself with a good showing in the world’s biggest media market.

The two have had their legacies intertwine to some extent. They are the first two women to garner attention in the UFC and start blazing trails. They’ve largely gotten where they are through different avenues though, showing that there’s more than one way to take over a sport.

That may be further supported by the fact that Jedrzejczyk, for as different as she is from Rousey, served as her co-main event on the night Rousey lost to Holm. Jedrzejczyk has repeatedly spoken of her with considerable reverie.

But make no mistake, it’s Jedrzejczyk who’s the fighter’s fighter at this point, the champion anyone in MMA—male or female—should look up to. Rousey is on her way out of the game to have children and make movies, probably regardless of how her title fight goes down next month.

While she’s doing that, Jedrzejczyk will be breaking her records and cementing her own legacy—and she’ll be doing it solely in the cage.

No movies, no magazines, no Ellen.

That’s substance.

    

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Watch: UFC 205 McGregor vs. Alvarez Live Weigh-Ins

Before Eddie Alvarez and Conor McGregor do battle in the main event of the biggest stage in mixed martial arts (MMA) history (as McGregor attempts to become the first fighter in UFC history to hold two titles simultaneously), and Tyron Woodley attempts to defend his welterweight title for the first time in his championship career,

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Before Eddie Alvarez and Conor McGregor do battle in the main event of the biggest stage in mixed martial arts (MMA) history (as McGregor attempts to become the first fighter in UFC history to hold two titles simultaneously), and Tyron Woodley attempts to defend his welterweight title for the first time in his championship career, watch the official UFC 205 weigh-ins here live with us:

You can also check out the full official weigh-in results that took place earlier this morning here:

Event: UFC 205: “Alvarez vs. McGregor”
Date: Sat., Nov. 12, 2016
Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, New York
Broadcast: Pay-Per-View (PPV)

MAIN CARD (pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez (154.6) vs. featherweight champ Conor McGregor (154.4) – for lightweight title
  • Champ Tyron Woodley (169.8) vs. Stephen Thompson (169) – for welterweight title
  • Champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk (114.4) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (114.4) – for strawweight title
  • Yoel Romero (185.6) vs. Chris Weidman (185.8)
  • Donald Cerrone (170.4)+ vs. Kelvin Gastelum (n/a)+
  • Raquel Pennington (135.8) vs. Miesha Tate (135.6)

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)

  • Frankie Edgar (145.4) vs. Jeremy Stephens (145.8)
  • Michael Johnson (155.8) vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov (155.8)
  • Tim Boetsch (185.4) vs. Rafael Natal (185.4)
  • Vicente Luque (170.6) vs. Belal Muhammad (170)

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 7 p.m. ET)

  • Thiago Alves (162.6)* vs. Jim Miller (157.6)* – 163-pound catchweight
  • Liz Carmouche (134.8) vs. Katlyn Chookagian (135)

* – Alves missed the 156-pound limit and was fined 20 percent of his purse. Because the commission required them to be within five pounds of each other, Miller added weight to make the bout with Alves official. Miller wasn’t fined, and Alves can weigh no more than 173 pounds on fight night for what is now a 163-pound catchweight bout.
+ – Fight is off after Gastelum opted not to weigh in

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