How far can Joanna Jedrzejczyk go?

[Ragnus]

As of late we have witnessed the demise of fighters without equilibrium between their skills ( one trick ponies per say) e.g. Ronda Rousey ( no wrestling/kickboxing), Holly Holm ( average take down defense, poor off back), Chris Weidman (lack of kickboxing/jiu jitsu off back), Conor Mcgregor (lack of jiu jistsu), how far can joanna go with her muay thai skills, she seems to one of the few who transitioned into mma perfectly, keep in mind her division is still growing but i honestly think Joanna could go undefeated for a long time.
Keep in mind obviously the above mentioned who specialize in mainly one or two martial arts can beat anyone in the world on any given day but still none the less have counters to their gameplan.

 

[McgreGOATsLeft]

As of late we have witnessed the demise of fighters without equilibrium between their skills ( one trick ponies per say) e.g. Ronda Rousey ( no wrestling/kickboxing), Holly Holm ( average take down defense, poor off back), Chris Weidman (lack of kickboxing), Conor Mcgregor (lack of jiu jistsu), how far can joanna go with her muay thai skills, she seems to one of the few who transitioned into mma perfectly, keep in mind her division is still growing but i honestly think Joanna could go undefeated for a long time.
Keep in mind obviously the above mentioned who specialize in mainly one or two martial arts can beat anyone in the world on any given day but still none the less have counters to their gameplan.

With her division still growing, I personally feel like she is a little ahead of the game and that she can indeed go undefeated for a while.

 

[Rebel_LioN]

She could be the best her division's seen if she adds in a variation of a front head choke to her arsenal when girls shoot in on her and from there just sharpen her BJJ sweep game to get back to her feet which I'm sure she's working hard on.

 

[Ragnus]

With her division still growing, I personally feel like she is a little ahead of the game and that she can indeed go undefeated for a while.

yeah agree, it will just comedown to weather people rate the competition as a achievement, just as Demetrius Johnson has achieved many title defenses but many believe his competition is poor

 

[Tormund]

Joanna will reign, the only person I can see giving her trouble is Rose but even then she'll have to develop for another year at least, I don't like the idea of her getting a shot when she beats Torres.

 

[LSU]

The ONLY person in the UFC that should feel confident with their belt is Mighty Mouse. 90% of belts have changed hands since the start of 2015, literally, but he is set for awhile.

 

[TrainInVain]

She has the potential to stay undefeated for quite some time. I'm not the first one to think there is a gap between Joanna/Claudia and the rest of the division. Though I think Valerie is close to them.

And I don't think the division is weak, a lot of good fights to make. But I just don't see the killer instinct that Joanna and Claudia have from anyone else in the division. What did Rose do when she whooped Page, said she just wanted to go pet her dog. Tecia in a interview about 5 months talked about not being ready yet for a title shot, not sure if she's changed her stance on that recently.

But Joanna has to keep training hard and focus and not look past, or take anyone lightly. Which cost Ronda and Conor.

 

[UL]

As far as MM



Twitch...

 

[UJustGotChaeld]

She may get a few wins but she will never be champ.

 

[specter1001]

I wouldn't say she's transitioned perfectly to mma being that her ground game is her glaring weakness and has arguably lost to gadelha. I honestly feel there's a good chance she could lose her next fight if her sprawl and brawl game isn't on point .

 

[soulsstealer]

all the way

 

[Drake]

She'll go to the octagon against Claudia & collect her first L... She has two curses on her back right now.

 

[SherdogGoat]

As much as I can't stand Weidman, he is a horrible example of one trick pony. He is extremely well rounded and great everywhere. His BJJ is definitely overrated but you can't count that as a weakness by any means. His cardio is his real problem.

 

[SpiderCrawl]

Until her next fight, she is gonna get the L she deserves. Not a fan of JJ at all.

 

[Drake]

As much as I can't stand Weidman, he is a horrible example of one trick pony. He is extremely well rounded and great everywhere. His BJJ is definitely overrated but you can't count that as a weakness by any means. His cardio is his real problem.

Oh wow... I didn't notice he said Weidman was a OTP... Silly, silly, ts...

 

[Kneepocalypse]

I think she could get the belt one day.

 

[Sherm]

Her hype train is built off of two matchups (Cookie Monster and Penne) that happened at the perfect time for her. Before that, she had the controversial decision over Gadelha. After that she had the lackluster win over Letourneau who was barely ranked in the top ten if I remember correctly.

 

[MentalBreaks]

She is already on top of the moutain.Question is how long she can stay there.I heard on the interview she is training her Jujitsu hard a have a plan to get blackbelt someday in the future.She also have one win by submission (RNC) in one of her's first fights.

 

[lecter]

Well, she will lose to Claudia so... actually not that far.
She had 2 title defenses, the last one not even as impressive and people act as if she was Silva in his rain or something.

 

[Dr John Smith]

I don't know what was so problematic of the Letourneau win. Joanna took on a bigger, longer, stronger kickboxer and got a unanimous decision, while mangling her face and leg. If anything Val was simply underestimated. I mean compare that to how a certain other fighter fared against another bigger, longer, stronger kickboxer in the same night.