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Karolina Kowalkiewicz is finally back in the win column and she has expressed gratitude to her former rival.<\/p>\n

Kowalkiewicz entered UFC Vegas 56 on a five-fight skid. It had been a steep fall for the former UFC Strawweight Title challenger. Her last victory going into Saturday night was back in 2018 and it was against Felice Herrig.<\/p>\n

She met Herrig again, only this time, she was being prepared by American Top Team. Kowalkiewicz earned the second-round submission over Herrig, who announced her retirement<\/a> after the fight.<\/p>\n

During her post-fight media scrum, Karolina Kowalkiewicz discussed her decision to make ATT her new MMA home (h\/t MMAJunkie.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore this fight, I changed everything,\u201d Kowalkiewicz said. \u201cI knew this was my last chance to do something. I left my family, my dogs in Poland. I came to ATT in Florida. I spent two months alone without my friends, my family, my husband, my dogs. I trained with Coach Parrumpa and with Coach Anderson. I trusted them and now I won my fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Kowalkiewicz also gave a big shoutout to Jedrzejczyk for helping put her fight camp together.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was a hard decision, but I knew it would be good for me,\u201d Kowalkiewicz said. \u201c\u2026 Joanna helped me to organize this whole fight camp. J.J., thank you very much. I am here because of you. This winning is teamwork.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The emotional win was much-needed for Kowalkiewicz, who could’ve possibly been facing a UFC release had she fallen short against Herrig this past weekend.<\/p>\n

It’ll be interesting to see if this is the spark that will begin a career resurgence for Kowalkiewicz, or if this was one last Hail Mary. Either way, she can at least breathe a bit easier today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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