PhotoCred: MMA Weekly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n“History likes to make a circle, and it’s happening in front of us. It’s happening. I feel like it’s meant to be, you know? I’m in the right place, the right spot, right timing, I’m going to be the champ at the end of this year. [The] perfect scenario for me is to get a victory in Singapore on June 11th, come back to the gym, go on a small holiday and get back to the gym. Then, fight at Madison Square Garden where I lost the belt a few years ago.”<\/p>\n
Joanna Jedrzejczyk continued, “The fight between Rose and Carla showed how unpredictable this sport is and how crazy this sport is. Carla beat Rose, I beat Carla, and then Andrade beat Rose, Weili Zhang beats Andrade, how crazy it is. You know anything and everything is possible. It’s happening.”<\/p>\n
What do you think about Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s comments about becoming champion?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former UFC strawweight titleholder Joanna Jedrzejczyk sees herself as being champion again soon. The Polish fighter is set to return next month at UFC 275 against Weili Zhang. The bout will be her first since March 2020, also against Zhang. Their first bout was arguably the greatest women’s MMA fight ever, which ended with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54493,"featured_media":385225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10193,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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