Jedrzejczyk to managers: Show me the money!

Heading into the biggest fight of her life, on the biggest card in mixed martial arts history, UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejcyk is looking for a new manager. She recently split amicably with Tiago Okamura from SuckerPunch Entertainment, and having nailed down a new camp at ATT headquarters in Coconut Creek, Florida, and is looking for someone to show her the money.

“We’re still friends, I like Tiago Okamura so much,” said Jedrzejczyk to Chuck Mindenhall for MMA Fighting. “But I decided to change something in my life and…you know, sometimes you need to change something in your life to go higher. I want to work with the best people in the world because I’m the best in the world. I want to retire as a champion, and this is my goal. This is my dream. And mark my word, because I’m going to do this.

“People are afraid of changes and afraid to change in their life. But they like to complain. I don’t like to complain, I like to work. So it wasn’t easy for me to leave my gym or my coaches or my manager, but I want to keep on growing.”

“I am waiting for a good offer. Bring me some money, and that’s all what I want from my manager. I’m here. I’m in the U.S.”

“Yes, I’d like to talk to [potential new managers], but I am very thankful to my old manager, my coaches, for the job, which we have done together, and what they’ve done for me.

“But the thing is, I’m different, you know? I am the UFC’s strawweight champion and I’m going to be the flyweight champion as well.”

Jedrzejczyk defends her title against fellow Pole Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 205 on November 12, 2016, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.