Champion Joanna praises Jéssica Bate-Estaca: 'She is very dangerous'

Joanna (photo) faces Brazilian at UFC 211 Photo: Adam Nurkiewicz/UFC

the Polish Joanna Jedrzejczyk will face another Brazilian. After winning Claudia gadelha and the compatriot Karolina Kowalkiewicz, the strawweight champion defends her belt against Jessica Stacker in a duel scheduled for UFC 211, which takes place on May 13th. Jedrzejczyk spoke about her next opponent and made a point of respecting Bate-Estaca's achievements.

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“Jéssica is a very dangerous opponent, but I will have a great performance and have a great fight. This fight will be great. She did a great job in the last fight against Angela Hill and I think she's a good challenger for me. I’m very excited”, commented Joanna in a live broadcast to her fans on Facebook.

The fight against Bate-Estaca will mark the fifth title defense for Jedrzejczyk, who took the title from Carla esparza and then won Jessica penne, Valerie Letorneau, Claudia Gadelha e Karolina Kowalkiewicz. UFC 211, the event where the fight with Bate-Estaca will take place, takes place in Dallas and will have as its main fight a duel for the heavyweight title between the champion Stipe Miocic and the Brazilian challenger junior gypsy.