Joanna remains champion (Photo: Reproduction/Twitter J. Jedrzejczyk)
The Brazilian Jessica Andrade He showed all his strength and heart in the second most important fight of UFC 211, but it wasn't enough to win the UFC belt. She was eventually surpassed by Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the unanimous decision. Even so, she was praised for her perseverance and assured that she will return to challenge the Pole again.
After the fight, Bate-Estaca praised the executioner himself, gave all the credit to his team, PRVT, and asked his girlfriend Fernanda to marry him.
“Thank you very much for everything, everything I did today, I achieved thanks to my team, my entire race, my perseverance, I have carried it since the beginning. I wanted to be the champion, but I still have a long way to go, a lot to learn. I'm a red belt in jiu-jitsu and a blue belt in Muay Thai. Joanna is really the champion, but I'm going to fight hard and get here again to fight her and walk away with the belt. I want to take advantage, because I don't know if I'll speak again, and ask my girlfriend Fernanda, who is here in Dallas, to marry me”, asked Andrade, to the delight of the audience.
THE FIGHT
With the gas tank full, Jessica Andrade He started at high speed, with a lot of aggression and looking for the takedown, in addition to the big overhand right. With the first blow she landed, the Brazilian managed to make a swelling on the champion's forehead. The fall came, but Joanna soon got back on her feet. Even so, Bate-Estaca won the first round.
But that was it. While Jéssica was looking for takedowns and the final blow, the Polish woman was betting on the volume of blows, especially low kicks. Joanna started using jabs and straight shots and began to frustrate the Brazilian, who seemed, since the middle of the second round, to have no answers for her opponent.
In the third round, Jedrzejczyk followed the same rhythm, punishing Andrade's legs and focusing on jabs and straight shots. At the end of the assault, the Brazilian fell at the end, but was unable to do any damage. In the fourth round, Jéssica arrived with a sense of urgency and went for it, despite being at a disadvantage. Joanna showed why she is the champion and knew how to keep the challenger at a distance, while continuing to unleash her stand-up game.
The last round was similar to the last three, with the difference being that Joanna took her foot off the gas, looking for the clinch, instead of continuing to invest in Bate-Estaca's leg kicks. Even so, at a different pace, the Polish woman took home the fifth round, showing that she really is the best strawweight in the UFC.
UFC 211 results
Straw weight: Joanna Jedrzejczyk won Jessica Stacker by unanimous decision (50-45, 50-44, 50-45)
Welterweight Weight: Demian Maia won Jorge masvidal by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Feather weight: Frankie Edgar won Yair Rodriguez by technical knockout (medical stoppage)
Middleweight: David Branch won Krzysztof Jotko by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
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Lightweight: Eddie Alvarez x Dustin poirier – No result (illegal, accidental blow)
Featherweight: Jason Knight defeated Chas Skelly by TKO at 39 seconds of R3
Heavyweight: Chase sherman beat Rashad Coulter by knockout at 3:36 of R2
Lightweight: James Vick defeated Marco Polo Reyes by technical knockout at 2:39 of R1
Strawweight: Cortney Casey defeated Jessica Aguilar by unanimous decision (3x 30-27)
Feather weight: Enrique Barzola beat Gabriel Benítez by unanimous decision (3x 29-28)
Light Heavyweight: Gadzhimurad Antigulov beat Joachim Christensen via submission (rear naked choke) at 2m21s of R1
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