Joanna Jedrzejczyk has not foguht in the UFC isnce she competed in March 2020 against Weili Zhang. The former strawweight champion has been looking to come back and she has said she wants big fights.
There has been plenty of talk about a rematch with Weili Zhang. It currently looks like it would be complicated for the UFC to book them anytime soon.
“I heard Zhang Weili may not be back until late July or August,” Jedrzejczyk revealed on The Fighter vs. The Writer. “What they told me was that she was planning on being back to fighting March-April and then May-June. The last thing I heard was July-August.
“I can wait, and I want to wait, but on the other hand, I don’t want to wait that long.”
A return to the UFC is not simple considering there currently isn't the right opponent for her in the first half of 2022. There are many obstacles for Joanna Jedrzejczyk it seems.
“It’s complicated because all the girls [ranked] from 1 to 10 are booked,” Jedrzejczyk said. “But like I said, I’m only looking at the big, big, big fights.”
Joanna Jedrzejczyk could face someone outside of the top-10 or even an up-and-comer in order to build herself back up. That's just not how the UFC champion operates.
“So many people are like, ‘Get an easy fight, you’ve been out for a while,” Jedrzejczyk said. “A fight is a fight. A fight is a pleasure. The hard work is so many weeks before. I make the same amount of money. I’m crazy. When I train, when I’m preparing for my fights, I’m crazy. I don’t go easy. So I don’t want to fight easy.
“I don’t want an easy fight. Because I will be training hard like for the championship fight. So I’ve been prepared to fight big names, No. 1 [contender] or the champion.”
