Joanna Jedrzejczyk had a perfect 13-0 record heading into her 6th title defense, vs. Rose Namajunas at UFC 217 on November 4, 2017. She lost that fight, and the immediate rematch. Jedrzejczyk bounced back with a win over Tecia Torres, which earned a title shot vs. Valentina Shevchenko for the vacant flyweight title, but lost the decision unanimously. Again Jedrzejczyk bounced back with a win vs. Michelle Waterson, which earned her a shot at new strawweight champion Weili Zhang. In the WMMA fight of the ever, Jedrzejczyk lost a Split Decision.

ATT owner Dan Lambert appeared recently on BJPenn.com’s Just Scrap Radio, and discussed Jedrzejczyk’s future and past.

That is the best female fight of all-time, but it goes above and beyond that,” said Lambert. “It was just an amazing fight period. A really competitive fight and if you go back and watch it and she didn’t have that swelling in the fifth round, judges were given more credit to the champ because of the damage Joanna was showing. I thought Joanna Jedrzejczyk won that fifth round which was the deciding factor in the fight.

“It was a great fight and everyone wants to see it again. I think the UFC is leaning towards giving Rose the next shot so Joanna will sit back and see what happens. I don’t think a lot makes sense besides fighting for the title.

Earlier this month, Jedrzejczyk captioned an image from Bulgaria with the hashtag #33andretired.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCf4Ql8AVqS

I would be surprised if she fights again other than a title shot. I don’t know another fight that makes sense, concluded Lambert.

If Lambert is right, and Rose Namajunas gets the next title shot at Zhang, that likely puts Jedrzejczyk’s next fight into 2021. What do you think NostraUGamus? Does Jedrzejczyk get the rematch, retire, or fight who?

h/t Cole Shelton for BJPenn.com

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