{"id":450262,"date":"2022-06-13T01:26:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T08:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=450262"},"modified":"2022-06-13T01:26:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T08:26:16","slug":"joanna-jedrzejczyk-shares-her-prediction-for-carla-esparza-vs-weili-zhang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/joanna-jedrzejczyk-shares-her-prediction-for-carla-esparza-vs-weili-zhang\/","title":{"rendered":"Joanna Jedrzejczyk shares her prediction for Carla Esparza vs. Weili Zhang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joanna Jedrzejczyk has given her thoughts on what will happen when Weili Zhang challenges Carla Esparza for the UFC strawweight title.<\/p>\n<p>Last Saturday night at UFC 275, Joanna Jedrzejczyk retired from mixed martial arts following <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-275-results-weili-zhang-kos-joanna-jedrzejczyk-video\/\">her knockout defeat<\/a> at the hands of Weili Zhang. The two put on a thoroughly entertaining rematch in Singapore and while Jedrzejczyk had a few nice moments, the evening belonged to Zhang as a spinning back fist was enough to put a definitive end to their rivalry.<\/p>\n<p>The expectation is that Zhang will now kick on and fight Carla Esparza for the belt in her next bout, and according to Joanna, the Chinese sensation should be viewed as the favourite to walk away as a two-time champion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC 275: Post-Fight Press Conference\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GaePaBHIT38?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cFirst round for Weili Zhang,\u201d said J\u0119drzejczyk. \u201cShe\u2019s so strong. Yeah, first round.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cShe really surprised me with her strength [on the] ground,\u201d said Joanna. \u201cBecause we know she\u2019s a striker, but she was very strong on the ground. Very beautiful work. Very beautiful work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSo it\u2019s going to be an interesting fight, but I truly believe that Weili\u2019s going to be becoming the champ,\u201d said J\u0119drzejczyk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/2022\/06\/jedrzejczyk-predicts-esparza-zhang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA News<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>The unpredictable nature of the UFC&#8217;s matchmaking means that there are no guarantees regarding the next step they&#8217;ll take with regard to the title picture but at the same time, this feels like the next logical move for the promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Both women are going to be ready for war whereas for Jedrzejczyk, it&#8217;s time to sit back and relax as she reflects on what has been an incredible career at the elite level.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you agree with Joanna Jedrzejczyk&#8217;s prediction for Carla Esparza vs Weili Zhang? What are your thoughts on the Polish star walking away from the sport? Let us know your thoughts down in the comments, BJPENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joanna Jedrzejczyk has given her thoughts on what will happen when Weili Zhang challenges Carla Esparza for the UFC strawweight title. Last Saturday night at UFC 275, Joanna Jedrzejczyk retired from mixed martial arts following her knockout defeat at the hands of Weili Zhang. The two put on a thoroughly entertaining rematch in Singapore and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":450022,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10259,10193,39610,39687],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Joanna Jedrzejczyk shares prediction for Carla Esparza vs. Weili Zhang<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Joanna Jedrzejczyk has given her thoughts on what will happen when Weili Zhang challenges Carla Esparza for the UFC strawweight title.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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