Joanna Jedrzejczyk: Iām The Queen, The Belt Is Mine
According to Joanna Jedrzejczyk, her next fight is set and it will be for the strawweight title.
The Polish striker is coming off of a shocking first round stoppage loss to Rose Namajunas at UFC 217 earlier this month (Nov. 4 2017) in New York City in which she surrendered her 115-pound title in the process. After the fight, she made it abundantly clear that her immediate focus was on regaining her title, and it appears as if the UFC will give her a chance to do just that:
āI already spoke to the UFC, and my return is set,ā Jedrzejczyk said to InTheCagePL as translated by Fan Sided. āMy next fight will be for the title belt. I donāt know if Rose is going to want to fight in a month, in January or in February. Iāll spend the next two months in Poland with my family,ā she added.
Prior to the loss to Namajunas, Jedrzejczyk had defended her title five consecutive times, while establishing herself as one of the best fighters in the world in the process. And while she wonāt take any credit away from Namajunas, Jedrzejczyk feels as if she is the āqueen of this weight classā and that she always will be:
āRose was very shocked, like the rest of the world,ā she said. āLike Iāve said, she won in a beautiful fashion, but the belt is mine. Iāve built this weight class. Iām the queen of this weight class and I always will be. You can believe it or not.ā
Itās currently unclear when and where the fight will take place, but are you in favor of Jedrzejczyk being granted an immediate rematch?