While there are plenty of fans who would like to see a rematch between Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Karolina Kowalkiewicz after they put on one of the more exciting fights at this past Saturday’s UFC 205 pay-per-view, it looks like the two most important people who could make that happen aren’t exactly interested right now.
Not only did Dana White seem to indicate that Claudia Gadelha could be next for yet another fight against the undefeated UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion, Joanna Jedrzejczyk herself made it clear that she too is ready to move on to the next challenge.
Jedrzejczyk, who defeated Kowalkiewicz in one of three championship bouts on the historic fight card held at Madison Square Garden in New York City this past weekend, appeared as a guest on Monday’s edition of “The MMA Hour” and spoke with show-host Ariel Helwani about the possibility of a third fight with the fellow decorated Polish striker.
As far as Jedrzejczyk is concerned, Kowalkiewicz not only did not do enough to warrant another crack at the title, but she noted that she feels Kowalkiewicz lost every round 10-8, outside of the fourth round, which she still refused to give her Polish counter part any credit for.
“No, come on. She lost the fight,” Jedrzejczyk told the MMAFighting.com reporter / host on Monday afternoon when asked about a potential rematch against Kowalkiewicz.
“Joanna Champion” went on to make the wild claim that not only did she win every round, but she feels that she dominated each round enough to deserve 10-8 scores in the first, second, third and fifth rounds. Regarding the fourth round, Jedrzejczyk only gave Kowalkiewicz credit for being “dangerous for like ten seconds.”
“It was like 10-8 every round. Maybe the fourth round she was dangerous for like ten seconds,” Joanna said to support her claim that Karolina isn’t deserving of another title shot yet.
To further back up her claims, Jedrzejczyk pointed to the UFC Welterweight Championship bout between Tyron Woodley and Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson that immediately followed her fight on the PPV main card at UFC 205.
According to the UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion, that would be a good example of a fight that warrants an immediate rematch.
“In Woodley and Thompson, Thompson deserved the rematch, you know? The fight was so close, but come on, she can’t talk about the rematch. I heard she was running to Dana [White] right after the fight and asking for the rematch, but come on. Come on.”
Check out the complete Joanna Jedrzejczyk interview from Monday’s episode of “The MMA Hour” courtesy of their official YouTube channel via the video player embedded above.
