Joanne Jedrzejczyk is the current reigning and defending UFC women’s bantamweight champion. A former muay thai and kickboxing champion, Jedrzecyzk is undefeated at a perfect 11-0 in mixed martial arts. She first won the UFC straw weight title by dominating Carla Esparza at UFC 185 with a second round TKO finish.
Since winning the title Joanna ‘Champion’ has defended her title twice, first defeating Jessica Penne by TKO at UFC fight Night 69 and then winning a decision over Valerie Letourneau at UFC 193.
Jedrzecyzk next fights Claudia Gadelha on the Ultimate Fighter Season 23 finale event which takes place June 8th in Las Vegas. Jedrzecyzk defeated Gadelha in their first fight to earn her shot at the women’s straw weight title and the both just finished coaching against each other on the Ultimate Fighter.
About Joanna Jedrzecyzk
Joanna Jędrzejczyk (born August 18, 1987) is a Polish mixed martial artist who competes in the women’s strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. She is the current UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion and the third European champion in UFC history after Bas Rutten in 1999, and Andrei Arlovski in 2005. As of November 30, 2015: she is the consensus #1 female strawweight in the world. Sherdog also lists her as the #1 Pound for Pound female fighter in the world, while Fight Matrix and ESPN list her as #2 female pound for pound. She is the #12 pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC mixed gender rankings. The only female on the list. She is also a six-time world champion and four-time European champion in Muay Thai.
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