UFC: Joanna Jedrzejczyk says she deserves ‘female BMF’ status after Jorge Masvidal’s title win
- Former strawweight champion says ‘these other girls can make it but there’s nobody like Ronda Rousey or me’
- ‘People can doubt me, and they’ll do that forever, but show me a better, cleaner fighter in the UFC’
Joanna Jedrzejczyk was thrilled to see her American Top Team stablemate Jorge Masvidal capture the UFC’s first and only “BMF” title at UFC 244.
From the sounds of it, she’s also a little envious of her teammate’s new championship bauble.
While UFC president Dana White has been adamant he does not intend to promote any further BMF title fights, Jedrzejczyk hopes she can at least become known as the unofficial female BMF.
Given that she already has a reputation as one of the UFC’s most ferocious competitors, she’s seemingly well on her way to that status.
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“People used to call me violent, savage,” Jedrzjecyzk told the Post. “Jorge [Masvidal] just won the belt – the baddest [expletive] belt. I want to be the female BMF.”
Jedrzejczyk ruled over the UFC strawweight division from March of 2015 to November of 2017. During that span, she made five impressive title defences – more than any other champion in the division’s history.
In fact, of all the female champions in UFC history, only Ronda Rousey has produced more title defences than Jedrzejczyk. That only strengthens the Polish fighter’s claim to female BMF status.
“These [other] girls can make it, they can win the belt, but there’s nobody like Ronda Rousey, [nobody] like me,” Jedrzejczyk said.
“People can doubt me, and they’ll do that forever, but show me a better, cleaner fighter in the UFC or in general. Of course, Amanda Nunes is the GOAT [greatest of all time] right now, but Ronda Rousey had six successful title defences, me, five. Rose [Namajunas]? One title defence. Jessica [Andrade] couldn’t defend the title.”
Jedrzejczyk’s title reign ended in late 2017, when she was knocked out by Rose Namajunas. Having defeated Tecia Torres and Michelle Waterson in her two most recent strawweight fights, she has seemingly earned another shot at the division’s throne, which is currently occupied by Hebei’s Zhang Weili.
Perhaps if Jedrzejczyk is impressive in this bid to reclaim the strawweight title, White will consider creating a women’s BMF title for her down the road.
