Joanna J?drzejczyk (Polish: [j?'anna j?n'd??jt???k] ( listen); born August 18, 1987) is a Polish mixed martial artist and former Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the women's strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. She is the former UFC Women's Strawweight Champion and she is the fifth European (and only Polish) champion in UFC history after Bas Rutten in 1999 and Andrei Arlovski in 2005. Prior to her defeat to Rose Namajunas, she was the #1 pound-for-pound female MMA fighter in the world. She is also currently the #15 pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC mixed gender rankings.
Due to her surname being difficult to pronounce for English speakers, fans and the media have given her unofficial nicknames, such as "Joanna Champion" and "Joanna Violence".
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Muay Thai and kickboxing
J?drzejczyk discovered Muay Thai when she was 16, while taking up fitness, which eventually led her to compete in national and European tournaments. J?drzejczyk competed in Muay Thai and kickboxing for 10 years, winning over 60 matches. Her amateur Muay Thai accomplishments include six IFMA world medals (five gold, one silver) and four IFMA Eurpopean championships with a record of 37 wins and 3 losses. During her professional career J?drzejczyk won five world titles including the WKN World Championship, J Girls Championship, WBKF Championship, WKF European Championship, and the WMC Championship. Her professional record is 27-3.
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Mixed martial arts
Early career
J?drzejczyk made her professional debut in mixed martial arts (MMA) on May 19, 2012, at SFT - MMA Fight Night Diva SPA against Sylwia Juskiewicz, winning via unanimous decision. On December 8, 2012, at MFC 5 she defeated Lily Kazak by submission via rear-naked choke. On June 20, 2013, at Battle of Moscow 12 she defeated the then #1 Russian WMMA flyweight fighter Julia Berezikova via unanimous decision.
By July 2013, J?drzejczyk was the #7 women's flyweight fighter in the world by Fight Matrix.
On June 7, 2014, at Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 69 she defeated Rosi Sexton via knockout in the second round.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
J?drzejczyk officially signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in July 2014. She made her promotional debut, now fighting as a strawweight, on July 26, 2014, at UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. Brown against Juliana Lima. She won the fight via unanimous decision.
J?drzejczyk next faced undefeated strawweight top contender Cláudia Gadelha on December 13, 2014, at UFC on Fox 13. She won the fight via split decision. The judges' decision was met with much controversy as the majority of the MMA media scored the bout in favor of Gadelha.
Strawweight Champion
J?drzejczyk faced Carla Esparza for the UFC Strawweight Championship on March 14, 2015, at UFC 185. J?drzejczyk won the one-sided bout via TKO in the second round, becoming the first UFC title-holder from Poland and first female European UFC champion. Subsequently, J?drzejczyk won a Performance of the Night bonus.
J?drzejczyk's first title defense was against Jessica Penne on June 20, 2015, at UFC Fight Night: J?drzejczyk vs. Penne in Berlin, Germany. She successfully defended the title against Penne, defeating her in the third round via TKO following a flurry of punches and a knee against the cage. Both participants were awarded Fight of the Night honors. J?drzejczyk later underwent surgery to repair a fractured thumb incurred during the fight.
In her second title defense, J?drzejczyk faced Valérie Létourneau on November 15, 2015, in the co-main event at UFC 193. She won the fight by unanimous decision to retain her title. The 220 significant strikes landed by J?drzejczyk were the most ever in a championship fight. 70 leg kicks were landed by J?drzejczyk, the most in UFC history. The previous record was 68, set by Carlos Condit against Nick Diaz at UFC 143.
In early 2016, the UFC announced that J?drzejczyk would be one of the coaches, opposite former opponent Cláudia Gadelha on The Ultimate Fighter 23. A rematch between the two took place on July 8, 2016, at The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. She won the fight via unanimous decision. Both participants were awarded Fight of the Night for their performance.
J?drzejczyk successfully defended her title for the 4th consecutive time by defeating fellow Pole Karolina Kowalkiewicz by unanimous decision on November 12, 2016, at UFC 205 in Madison Square Garden, the first event the promotion had held in the historic arena.
J?drzejczyk faced Jessica Andrade on May 13, 2017, at UFC 211. She won the fight via unanimous decision, and successfully defended her title for the fifth consecutive time. J?drzejczyk landed the most significant strikes in UFC championship history (225), had the highest significant strike differential in UFC championship history (142), and broke her previous record for most leg kicks thrown in a single fight (75).
J?drzejczyk next faced Rose Namajunas at UFC 217 at Madison Square Garden in New York on November 4, 2017. She lost the fight by TKO in the first round, thus ending her undefeated streak.
Fighting style and coaches
A decorated kickboxer, J?drzejczyk is known for precise and calculated striking. She employs a sprawl-and-brawl strategy in MMA fighting. While standing with opponents, she constantly varies between high punches and body shots, also utilizing knees, elbows, and high front kicks. She also uses a flurry of strikes just to confuse the opponent before landing a solid strike, much akin to Chuck Liddell. SportsJoe.ie MMA journalist Darragh Murphy summed up her fighting style: "Her technique has the right combination of sublimity and relentlessness, expressing one's typically violent art through beauty, the perfect storm."
While J?drzejczyk is soft-spoken and has a quirky and endearing personality with fans, she often employs the use of trash-talk against her opponents before fights, and her fights have been known to be violent and bloody. UFC president Dana White has praised her stating "She is so bad ass... pound-for-pound [she is the] best female fighter on Earth... Her killer instinct is ridiculous." MMA media have called J?drzejczyk "must-see TV."
J?drzejczyk has been praised for her elite level sprawl-and-brawl strategy implementation. Fightland striking analyst Jack Slack has written that "she's being likened to Chuck Liddell, and that is a pretty solid way to describe her...while she has an undoubtedly better technical striking game than Liddell". BloodyElbow.com striking analyst Connor Ruebusch has written "Distance, angles, and damage. These are the key ingredients of successful takedown defense, and the elements that make Joanna J?drzejczyk and José Aldo such masterful strikers." The Washington Post striking analyst Patrick Wyman has written "Sound fundamentals fuel the best fighters in the world, and nobody has better mastered the bread and butter of footwork and distance management than Aldo and Jedrzejczyk". Foxsports.com striking analyst Jason Parillo has stated "Joanna's MMA boxing is remarkable. It's second to none".
During her Muay Thai career, J?drzejczyk was trained by kickboxers Ernesto Hoost and Paul Slowinski. Upon making the transition to MMA, she began training with Pawel Derlacz and Szymon Bonkowski.
Starting with her UFC 205 training camp, she began training at American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida.
Personal life
Joanna J?drzejczyk was born in Olsztyn, Poland. She has a twin sister, Katarzyna, and one older sister, Ewa. She engaged to Polish native Przemys?aw Buta. J?drzejczyk is a Catholic, and prays with a Rosary before entering the ring or Octagon.
Championships and accomplishments
Mixed martial arts
- Ultimate Fighting Championship
- UFC Women's Strawweight Championship (one time)
- Five successful title defenses
- Performance of the Night (one time) vs. Carla Esparza
- Fight of the Night (two times) vs. Jessica Penne and Cláudia Gadelha
- Highest significant strike differential in UFC championship history (+142 vs. Jéssica Andrade)
- 2nd highest significant strike differential in UFC championship history (+121 vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz)
- 3rd highest significant strike differential in UFC championship history (+117 vs. Valérie Létourneau)
- 4th highest significant strike differential in UFC championship history (+113 vs. Cláudia Gadelha)
- Highest significant strikes thrown in a UFC championship fight (+225 vs. Jéssica Andrade)
- 2nd highest significant strikes thrown in a UFC championship fight (+220 vs. Valérie Létourneau)
- Most leg kicks in a fight in UFC history (+75 vs Jéssica Andrade)
- 2nd most leg kicks in a fight in UFC history (+70 vs Valerie Letourneau)
- First Polish UFC Champion
- First female European UFC Champion
- Third European UFC Champion
- Women's MMA Press Awards
- 2014 Strawweight of the Year
- Yahoo! Sports
- 2015 Best Fighter of the Half-Year
- Fight Matrix
- 2015 Female Fighter Of The Year
- MMAjunkie.com
- 2015 Female Fighter of the Year
- 2016 July Fight of the Month vs. Cláudia Gadelha
- Fightbooth.com
- 2015 Lady Violence Award
- Sherdog.com
- 2015 All-Violence First Team
Kickboxing
- J-Girls Kickboxing Federation
- J-Girls Champion (2009)
- World Budokai Federation
- WBKF Pro Title (2013)
- World Kickboxing Federation
- WKF European Champion (2010)
- World Kickboxing Network
- WKN World Champion (2010)
Muay Thai
- IFMA World Championships
- 2013 Gold -57 kg
- 2012 Gold -57 kg
- 2011 Gold -57 kg
- 2010 Gold -57 kg
- 2009 Gold -57 kg
- 2008 Silver -57 kg
- IFMA European Championships
- IFMA European Champion (four times)
- World Muaythai Council
- WMC/EMF European Champion (one time)
Mixed martial arts record
Amateur mixed martial arts record
See also
- List of current mixed martial arts champions
- List of current UFC fighters
- List of female mixed martial artists
- Ultimate Fighting Championship Pound for Pound rankings
References
External links
- Official YouTube Channel
- Professional MMA record for Joanna J?drzejczyk from Sherdog
- Official Snapchat: https://snapchat.com/add/joannamma
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Source of the article : Wikipedia
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