ONE Championship: Alyse Anderson reveals how ‘intimidating’ run-in with Joanna Jedrzejczyk contributed to gutsy win
- American picked up first ONE win in May, submitting Asha Roka after suffering an early knockdown
- Anderson trained for fight at American Top Team, where she had a tense encounter with former UFC champ Jedrzejczyk
It takes a lot of courage to walk into an MMA gym. Walking into a gym like American Top Team, where many of the greatest fighters on earth hone their skills, takes an entirely different level of guts.
ONE Championship atomweight contender Alyse Anderson knows as well as anyone how difficult it can be to adjust to the intensity of the South Florida facility.
The Michigan native recently left a day job as an emergency medical technician to focus on her burgeoning MMA career, and chose American Top Team as her training home.
After a trip across the United States, the 27-year-old found herself in the company of some of the sport’s most accomplished fighters, including former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, who recently retired from MMA.
But not all of her interactions with the former UFC champ were positive – at least, not on the surface.