Rose vs Joanna 3? Joanna believes she’ll get another title shot with win over Tecia Torres

[KazDibiase]

Joanna Jedrzejczyk didn’t beat Rose Namajunas at UFC 223, falling by unanimous decision last month in Brooklyn. And that’s OK for her. Jedrzejczyk believes in her heart that she won and, most importantly, she showed something to herself

“It was about myself,” Jedrzejczyk told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “It was about proving to myself that I’m still simply the best, that I’m still one of the greatest female fighters in the world. That’s the thing.” Jedrzejczyk (14-2), who was undefeated going into the first fight with Namajunas, believes another chance at the title is right around the corner. She said she thinks she can get the opportunity once again if she beats Torres.

“I believe that I am going to get the title shot after this fight,” Jedrzejczyk said. “We’ll see what’s going to happen. I said that I could have 10 more fights before I get the title shot, because I went through this in 2014 and ’15. I want this belt and I will get this belt back. Mark my words.”


Jedrzejczyk, 30, could have moved up to flyweight and been a title challenger there very quickly. She has a hard weight cut to 115 and 125 is likely a more natural weight for her. But “Joanna Champion” seems bent on getting that strawweight strap back around her waist.

“My plan is to get the belt back first of all and after that I will move up,” Jedrzejczyk said. For now, Jedrzejczyk said she’ll start her camp in Poland and then head back to her home away from home, American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Fla. Torres, a former ATT fighter, is first on the docket. Jedrzejczyk figures that Namajunas will defend the title against Jessica Andrade next.

Jedrzejczyk has beaten Andrade already, but is not necessarily rooting for her to win the title, saying she’s still “interested” in fighting Namajunas a third time.

Maybe that won’t come right away, but Jedrzejczyk said she’s willing to do whatever she has to do to get back to the belt.

“It will take longer, I will put in work,” Jedrzejczyk said. “I will work my ass to get this title shot again, but I believe that it will happen very, very quick.”


https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/5/...another-title-shot-with-win-over-tecia-torres

 

[Workaholic]

If Andrade or Karolina beat Rose she probably will

If Rose wins she probably won't

 

[Kaybee]

She's probably banking on Rose losing to Andrade or someone else that Joanna matches up more favorably against. I don't see the UFC making Rose-Joanna 3 for a long time, if ever, unless Joanna goes on a crazy tear and builds up even more media hype than when she was champ.

 

[Fahcough]

Dominic Cruz complex. Go win some fights, you're not champ material right now

 

[MikalP]

If the champ isn't Rose, maybe.

But the Rose fight is just going to get worse and worse for her as time goes on. Rose is getting better, JJ is likely past her peak

Either way, she shouldn't be so worried about a belt at this point in time. Fight more opponents, work on the holes in your game. Rushing into a fight you've lost twice isn't a good plan. You'll just lose again and again if you don't spend the time becoming a better fighter

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Seen it twice... not interested. Tired of rematch... much less a third fight when they weren't even close.

 

[El Fernas]

Not getting a 3rd fight against Rose anytime soon.

 

[Arm Barbarian]

Joanna reaching Ronda delusional levels now

 

[brian]

If Rose loses her next fight then sure, if they give Rose Andrade then she will lose so i think Joanna is correct.

 

[Northjayhawk]

Joanna's road to a title shot will be a very long one if Rose doesn't lose. She'd need to win 3-4 fights in a row, convincingly, before we start to think about giving her a 3rd shot at Rose for the belt.

If Rose does lose, then sure, why not, Joanna would be one of the top contenders.

 

[Dsfdandan]

She's trying to avoid that Shevchenko fight as long as possible.

Luckily for her, Andrade seems like a nightmare matchup for everyone in the division besides her.

 

[Mammothman]

The delusion is strong with this one

 

[leto1776]

Rose skipped over everyone else in the top five when she got her shot, so it’s not far out to presume she could likely lose her next defense.

In contrast, Tecia is he of the few fighters left in the top ten that Joanna hasn’t beat. So if Rose loses, and Joanna has a strong performance against Tecia, it wouldn’t be unusual to see the former champ get a title shot against someone she’s already beaten before.

 

[SimonNova]

How did she get CTE?

Must have slipped and bumped her head in the kitchen.

 

[Ares Black]

I think Jedrzejczyk is profoundly mentally ill.

 

[Soul On Ice]

Rematch was pretty close
She'll fight for the title again, probably need to do more than win 1 fight tho

 

[cabear]

JJ should have taken that Torres fight before the rematch as a tune up. This is exactly the situation I figured would happen. She's shit out of luck if rose is still champ. Start looking at 135 JJ....

 

[UL]

nah

she needs another 5 wins

or

Wonderboy should get the next ts too

 

[Furious77]

Joanna better get her head right and worry about that belt later. She could be in for a rough night depending on what version of Torres shows up. People give Tecia alot of shit for being a point fighter(myself included), but she was straight bombing on Andrade. Joanna got a reach advantage but I don't know if that's going to matter with the speed and angles Tecia uses.

 

[jeff7b9]

This is exactly why instant rematches are fucking retarded.

Now Joanna, perhaps the biggest name at 115 is in no man's land rather than being a title challenger at 125 who could have gotten another shot at 115 coming off a win or perhaps at a more favorable matchup if Thug Rose lost.

Instead they did a pointless rematch after a FIRST ROUND FINISH. Fucking retarded dogshit WME UFC matchmaking for you.