{"id":284679,"date":"2018-09-10T07:32:57","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T14:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=284679"},"modified":"2018-09-10T07:32:57","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T14:32:57","slug":"karolina-kowalkiewicz-releases-statement-after-ko-loss-to-jessica-andrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/karolina-kowalkiewicz\/karolina-kowalkiewicz-releases-statement-after-ko-loss-to-jessica-andrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Karolina Kowalkiewicz releases statement after KO loss to Jessica Andrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, in the co-main event of UFC 228, Poland&#8217;s Karolina Kowalkiewicz stepped into the cage with Brazil&#8217;s Jessica Andrade. The expectation was that, if Kowalkiewicz won this fight, she&#8217;d receive the next crack at UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas, who she holds a victory over.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Karolina Kowalkiewicz and her many fans, however, this fight did not go the was she planned. Instead, she was clubbed to a brutal, first-round knockout loss by her fearsome adversary Jessica Andrade.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after this tough loss, Kowalkiewicz took to social media to issue a brief statement. While she is clearly disappointed, she also seems determined to learn from the defeat and come back stronger than ever.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o67sPZf3vt\">pic.twitter.com\/o67sPZf3vt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KarolinaKowalkiewicz (@KarolinaMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KarolinaMMA\/status\/1038661915189424128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"QsPcO5\">&#8220;Hi guys, I just want to say thank you for your support and I\u2019m sorry,&#8221; Karolina Kowalkiewicz said in the English portion of her video statement. &#8220;I\u2019m okay, it wasn\u2019t my day, it was Jessica\u2019s day, so big congratulations for Jessica and give me some time and I\u2019ll be back stronger, I promise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With this tough knockout loss, which is the first knockout defeat of her career, Karolina Kowalkiewicz returns to the loss column after back-to-back decision wins over Felice Herrig and Jodie Esquibel. She is now 12-3 overall, with her previous losses coming courtesy of Claudia Gadelha, and former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, who she lost a decision to in a 2016 strawweight title fight.<\/p>\n<p>Where do you think Karolina Kowalkiewicz will go from here? Who do you want to see her fight next? Join the conversation in the comments section below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 9\/10\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, in the co-main event of UFC 228, Poland&#8217;s Karolina Kowalkiewicz stepped into the cage with Brazil&#8217;s Jessica Andrade. The expectation was that, if Kowalkiewicz won this fight, she&#8217;d receive the next crack at UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas, who she holds a victory over. 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