Barry: Jedrzejczyk f@$%ing herself over in not accepting loss
Pat Barry: “You can grow from losing. If you’re not going to grow from that, how are you going to get better?”
You have to have extraordinary confidence to be champion, but there are levels. UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas just beat former champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk twice, but the Polish fighter is unwilling to concede much.
No way I’ll say Rose is the best, said Jedrzejczyk after decisioning Tecia Torres UFC on FOX 30. Maybe you beat me, you’re the champion and you won. But your legacy isn’t that big. You should bow down, because I am the queen.
‘Thug’ Rose’s longtime boyfriend retired UFC heavyweight Pat Barry is not impressed.
I think that Joanna is f***ing herself over, by not accepting defeat, said Barry to Dave Doyle for MMA Fighting. … Knockout to Rose, wasn’t her fault. Lost a decision, wasn’t her fault. She wants to fight Rose again. She’s not going to be able to. It’s still going to be Rose.
You can grow from losing. If you’re not going to grow from that, how are you going to get better? … As good as Joanna is — she’s a f***ing fantastic athlete, she’s a dominant athlete, one of the best female fighters to ever live, ever — if she accepted the responsibility for it, how much better would she be if she accepted it, worked on making some changes, how much better would she be?
She’s like Fedor. Fedor came out and killed everybody and no one could handle him for years and years and then eventually everyone caught up and figured him out, because Fedor didn’t get any better. He stayed exactly where he was, and eventually everyone figured him out. Joanna hasn’t gotten better, she’s gotten more in shape. That’s it.
No, we know Rose is a better fighter. She beat her twice. There’s no discussion. There’s no discussion. If Joanna is the better fighter, she’d be the champ right now. But she’s not. Rose is. She knocked her out, and then she beat her ass for five rounds.”
