Joanna Jędrzejczyk was just a few months into retirement earlier than she bought the itch to battle once more.
Instantly after her second-round KO loss to Zhang Weili at UFC 275 this previous June, Jędrzejczyk left her gloves within the Octagon and instructed UFC shade commentator Daniel Cormier that she would be a part of his ‘league’ and retire. For the following section of her profession, Jędrzejczyk shifted focus to being an envoy for the promotion and entering into managing up-and-coming fighters. And although content material with that section, the previous UFC strawweight champion not too long ago admitted she has thought about fighting again.
Probably the most current situations got here just a few weeks in the past, based on Jędrzejczyk. ‘JJ’ instructed Adam Catterall of BT Sport that she spoke to her crew and was thisnear calling the UFC brass a few return to competitors.
“It’s nonetheless onerous,” stated Jędrzejczyk. “It was a spontaneous determination, however throughout battle week I felt that if one thing [happened], I’ll retire and it occurred. The craziest factor about my retirement is that my final camp was the most effective camp in my combating profession. I felt so good. I used to be in all probability—not probably the greatest, however I used to be in the most effective form ever. Weili Zhang caught me and I went down. And yeah. It simply occurred.
“However two weeks in the past, I went loopy, man,” continued Jędrzejczyk. “I used to be calling my administration. I used to be about to name [UFC president] Dana [White] and [UFC Chief Business Officer] Hunter [Campbell] to deliver me again. Really, I had this dialog with my coach, Mike Brown, and Dan Lambert, the proprietor of ATT. However yeah, it’s onerous to love sit, assume, such as you’ve achieved a lot, your legacy is so huge. However I’ve been doing this for the final 19 years of my life, so it’s actually onerous.”
It seems as if a fast return wouldn’t be an choice, as UFC Roster Watch on Twitter confirmed Jędrzejczyk was formally faraway from the roster, so seemingly wouldn’t be a part of the USADA testing pool both.
Jędrzejczyk went 10-5 in her UFC tenure.
