How Jessica Andrade plans to beat Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Jessica Andrade: “We know she has a weaker chin, and if you land hard and keep going with the same volume, you may win.”
UFC women’s strawweight Joanna Jedrzejczyk has never lost, and has four successful title defenses. At UFC 211 on May 13, she faces Jessica Andrade, who has a plan. The Brazilian is 3-0 since dropping from banatamweight, and believes relentless pressure on the Pole’s chin is the key.
Joanna is very fast, very agile, and her gas tank is almost infinite, said Andrade to Fernanda Prates for MMAjunkie. She’s a high-level athlete, and I’m looking forward to fighting her. But we know she has a weaker chin, and if you land hard and keep going with the same volume, you may win.
My difference to the other opponents is that they managed to get to her, but when they did they backed away, they didn’t advance, and that’s the good part of my game: I hit them, and I keep going forward. And the person can hit me, and I’ll keep going too. [The others] let her find her game. And I won’t. I’ll impose my own game and try to win the fight my way.
[Jedrzejczyk] was knocked down with a jab [vs . Karolina Kowalkiewicz]. Who gets knocked down with a jab?
I think I’m constantly evolving. I’m still a jiu-jitsu purple belt. I’m a dark blue in muay Thai, brown in kickboxing, but I have a lot to evolve. I think winning the belt will be highlight of my career, and I’ll keep working and training to keep the belt. But I have a lot to evolve, and I think that’s great. If I get the belt now, when I don’t know that much yet, I’ll learn even more to keep it for a long time.