In the co-main event of UFC 201, the women stole the show as Rose Namajunas and Karolina Kowalkiewicz battled for three hard rounds back and forth. The fight earned the ‘Fight of the Night’ bonus from UFC executives, awarding each athlete a $50,000 bonus for their incredible performance.
It took a round for Karolina Kowalkiewicz to get rolling Saturday night at UFC 201.
But once she did, she made a statement that she’s ready for a shot at her Polish countrywoman, UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Kowalkiewicz brutalized Rose Namajunas over the final two rounds to win via split decision in the co-main event at Atlanta’s Philips Arena.
The judges’ scores were a pair of 29-28s for Kowalkiewicz and a strange 29-28 for Namajunas.
“She said I”m not on her level, while now I am at her level,” said Kowalkiewicz, who improved to 10-0.
source: mmafighting.com
More About Karolina Kowalkiewicz
TRAINING: These preparations aren’t different than other ones for my previous fights. Usually I wake up at 8 am, have coffee, breakfast and I can take my dog Mamut for a walk. My first training session is at 10 am and I am working on my technique, strength and cardio, depending on the day. After training I am back home to eat dinner, take a walk with Mamut and have some time for myself. Evening time is training time. Depending on the day I train, I do pads, spar, run. After training is my last walk out with my dog, dinner and bed.
When and why did you start training for fighting? When I was 16 I wanted to know how to protect myself, so I started training Krav Maga. From the start, I knew it is what I want to do in my life. After a few years I became a Krav Maga instructor myself. But I wanted to develop, so I started to study about martial arts and found out that the most versatile is MMA. I fell in love with that sport.
source: ufc.com
More About Rose Namajunas
Thoughts on opponent, Karolina Kowalkiewicz? She’s got great conditioning and heart, throws lots of numbers, if you let her. That won’t be the case when she faces me.
TRAINING: For this camp, I’ll do a run on my own, either in the morning or evening. My coaches get together in the afternoon for either striking, grappling or wrestling, or a combination of everything. Then sparring once a week.
When and why did you start training for fighting? Martial arts has been a part of my life since I was five. I thought I’d might as well make a living doing something I love.
source: ufc.com
