Joanna Jedrzejczyk has been rumored to be close to retiring for a long time after taking a long leave from the UFC and finding financial success outside of the sport. The former champion has recently signed a long-term deal with the promotion.

The former UFC champion is still fighting and currently has a big rematch against Weili Zhang in June. Her new deal could be the last of her career, but the fight will certainly not be her last one.

“For sure [it could be my final contract],” Jedrzejczyk told MMA Fighting. “It’s a six-fight deal. But this fight is not going to be my last fight or the second or the third — I feel a second wind.

“I’m turning 35 this year and I never felt so good. Physically, mentally, I’m just happy.”

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Joanna Jedrzejczyk still has plenty of motivation to keep fighting in the sport and is excited for her bout at UFC 275. She admits there is a lot of money for her outside of the sport, but it's still plenty of work despite how it seems from the outside.

“All of the opportunities I have outside of the gym and outside of the octagon, the money I can make isn’t easy because I have to work my ass so hard,” Jedrzejczyk said. “But somehow you need this extra motivation to get back to the octagon.

“I can’t just go there and get my face beat up again for little money and no exposure, etc. There has to be something extra beside the love and the desire I have to this sport. I feel like I’m still one of the greatest in the strawweight division and I just want to go there and prove that on June 11.”