Regardless of revealing just lately how an harm suffered at American Prime Staff base prevented a return to the Octagon, former undisputed strawweight champion, Joanna Jedrzejczyk has now formally knowledgeable the UFC of her retirement from energetic competitors.
Jedrzejczyk, the second strawweight champion within the historical past of the UFC, has been sidelined from energetic competitors since UFC 275 again in June of final 12 months in Singapore, struggling a shocking second spherical KO loss to present champion, Zhang Weili, courtesy of a spinning back-fist stoppage.
The Polish placing introduced her resolution to retire from energetic combined martial arts competitors following the beautiful knockout loss to Hebei native, Zhang, nonetheless, revealed earlier this summer season that she was on the verge of creating a return from her hiatus – till an harm suffered in Coconut Creek, Florida, in the end pressured her to rethink a return to the game.
“I used to be again to American Prime Staff at first of this 12 months, on the finish of January (and) I needed to see if I used to be capable of be again and practice actually exhausting, and I used to be,” Joanna Jedrzejczyk stated. “I used to be coaching actually exhausting for 2, 3 times a day for 13 weeks. Everybody was asking if I used to be coming again and popping out of retirement. Actually, I needed to be again. I needed to offer myself yet another likelihood. However then my (shoulder harm) occurred once more, it got here again with double the ability it used to harm earlier than.”
“I obtained actually unhappy,” Joanna Jedrzejczyk continued. “Very emotional. However I obtained calmness in my coronary heart and soul. It’s what I used to be on the lookout for, for eight months after I retired. I really feel like I’m within the spot the place I’m not chasing this anymore. That’s factor. Unhappy, tough, however I really feel calm. That is what I used to be lacking the primary few months after I retired.”
Joanna Jedrzejczyk confirms retirement from MMA to UFC
Nonetheless, in line with a report from MMA Preventing, Jedrzejczyk, who had but to formally verify her retirement to the UFC – has now knowledgeable the Dana White-led group, as she requires a surgical process to handle a shoulder harm suffered.
Placing undisputed strawweight gold again in 2015 with a knockout win over Carla Esparza, Jedrzejczyk would then defeat Jessica Penne, Valerie Letourneau, Claudia Gadelha, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, and Jessica Andrade.
