{"id":147288,"date":"2015-06-02T05:40:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T12:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=147288"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:11:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:11:21","slug":"joanna-jedrzejczyk-i-wanted-to-be-a-good-looking-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/joanna-jedrzejczyk-i-wanted-to-be-a-good-looking-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Joanna Jedrzejczyk: ‘I Wanted To Be A Good Looking Girl’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk surprised a lot of fans when she dethroned Carla Esparza in dominating fashion.<\/p>\n

Now, the Polish fighter is preparing for her first title defense against Jessica Penna. Jedrzejczyk recently appeared on Submission Radio<\/a> and talked about her career. She revealed the reasons she got into combat sports, saying that at first it was just for health and appearance reasons.<\/p>\n

“I was like 10 kilos (22 pounds) more heavy than now. So I didn’t feel good, you know? I was at high school at that time, so I wanted to be a good looking girl.”
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\n“I was 16, I just wanted to do something in my life. I wanted to be healthy, I wanted to lose some weight and I went for my first training. In the beginning I didn’t know what Muay Thai meant. You know? But I liked it so much, and after six months of training I had my first competition in Poland. I won, and after that I knew that I wanted to do it.”
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\n“Now I’m healthy, I’m in shape and I’m happy because I finished physical education as well. So I could be a teacher, a personal trainer, but yeah I’m a professional athlete.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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