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Joanna Jedrzejczyk hints UFC return – just weeks after retirement: ”Maybe I could come back for … ”
Former strawweight champions Rose Namajuans and Joanna Jedrzejczyk after their second title fight. Photo: Dennis Schneidler-USA TODAY Sports
Former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk took a tough KO-loss against Zhang Weili last month. Immiditaly after the fight, the Polish striker announced her retirement from MMA.
“It’s been 20 years. I’m turning 35 this year. I want to be a mom. I want to be a business woman. I’ve been training two decades, more than half of my life. I appreciate you all. I love you guys,” Jedrzejczyk said in the octagon.
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However, just a month later, she is open for a comeback to the UFC.
”Maybe I could come back for the female ‘BMF’ title,” Jedrzejczyk recently told MMA Fighting. ”Look, I’m retired. I am retired, but in the future, maybe I would fight for the ‘BFMF’.”
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk: ”I want to stick with the UFC”
Joanna Jedrzejczyk has the intention to continue to work with the UFC. In the near future, Joanna Jedrzejczyk want to sit down with the company and see what they can achivie together.
”I want to stick with the UFC,” Jedrzejczyk said. ”I’m really looking forward to sitting with Dana White to talk about my future, what I could possibly do for the UFC and the fans because there’s no sport without fans, any sport. I’m very happy to be here, very excited to be here at the International fight week. I definitely see myself doing something with the UFC. Broadcasting, commentating, or I don’t know, just being around.”
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