Tonight’s UFC Tampa event was headlined by a key women’s strawweight bout featuring former division title holder Joanna Jedrzejczyk taking on Michelle Waterson.<\/p>\n
The winner of tonight’s headliner is expected to receive the next shot at Weili Zhang’s UFC strawweight title.<\/p>\n
Joanna Jedrzejczyk (15-3 MMA) was most previously seen in action at December’s UFC 231 event, where she suffered a unanimous decision loss to Valentina Shevchenko<\/a> in a fight for the promotions flyweight title.<\/p>\n The Polish star entered tonight’s UFC Tampa event having gone just 1-3 over her past four Octagon<\/a> appearances, with her lone win in that time coming against Tecia Torres by decision.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Michelle Waterson (17-6 MMA) entered UFC Tampa on a three-fight win streak. In her most previous effort at March’s UFC event in Philadelphia, ‘The Karate Hottie’ had scored a unanimous decision victory over former division title challenger Karolina Kowalkiewicz.<\/p>\n Tonight’s UFC Tampa main event proved to be a one sided affair. Joanna was able to batter Waterson with low kicks throughout the fight on route to a unanimous decision victory. Following the contest, the Polish star said she is targeting a fight with current strawweight champion Weili Zhang next.<\/p>\n Official UFC Tampa Result: Joanna Jedrzejczyk def. Michelle Waterson by unanimous decision <\/p>\n Check out how the pros reacted to Joanna Jedrzejczyk defeating Michelle Waterson in tonight’s headliner below:<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/AshleeMMA\/status\/1183217629877563392<\/p>\n Congratulations both ladies @joannamma<\/a> and @karatehottiemma<\/a> ! — Valentina Shevchenko (@BulletValentina) October 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
Amazing fight ! Great performance!<\/p>\n