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Over the weekend, in the co-main event of UFC 231, former UFC strawweight queen Joanna Jedrzejczyk came up short in a flyweight title fight with the fearsome Valentina Shevchenko. Having watched this fight, UFC President Dana White believes Jedrzejczyk is better suited for the strawweight division than she is for the flyweight division.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love her, she\u2019s such a great fighter and such a good person,\u201d Dana White said at the UFC 231 post-fight press conference (transcript via MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cI actually consider her a friend. I want her to take some time off, go spend some time with her family and then we\u2019ll get together and talk about it. But I\u2019d like to see her stay at [115 pounds]. \u201c<\/p>\n

While Dana White believes Joanna Jedrzejczyk should return to the 115-pound strawweight division, she seems content to stay at flyweight, where the weight-cut is markedly less taxing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis camp I realized how it can impact your body, your brain and your performance being on such a strict diet for so many weeks,” she told the media at the UFC 231 post-fight press conference. “Or the weight cut. Definitely, I want to protect myself, protect my body. But yeah, the other stupid thing is I want to do this one more time \u2014 that\u2019s it. One more time. We always give second chance to ourselves and I want to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Joanna Jedrzejczyk seems to consider the flyweight division her new home, she does want to fight for the strawweight title once more.<\/p>\n

\u201cI must do this for myself and put dot on \u2018i,\u201d Jedrzejczyk said. \u201cI will drop one more time to the strawweight division. But I\u2019m not getting younger, I\u2019m getting older. And I\u2019ve been in this business for 15 years, so I want to take care of my body.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDefinitely, I want to challenge myself and chase my other dream and go for the strawweight belt again. So I will wait for Andrade and Rose to fight next year. Rose has only four months left to defend the belt, because otherwise she might lose the belt with no fight. That\u2019s the thing. Because i was a pretty busy champion, other champions were pretty busy. But if you defend your title once a year, you\u2019re losing the belt. We will see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Which division do you think Joanna Jedrzejczyk belongs in?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 12\/10\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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