Jessica
Andrade claims Joanna
Jedrzejczyk is ready to come out of retirement to rematch her
with a potential women’s BMF title on the line.
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Andrade takes on surging Brazilian Natalia
Silva in the co-main event at UFC
Fight Night 242 at the Apex in Las Vegas on Sept. 7. “Bate
Estaca” holds records for the most wins and finishes for any female
fighter in UFC history. While she wants a flyweight title shot with
a potential win over Silva, Andrade also proposes creating a BMF
title for the women’s divisions.
Andrade also claims that she has been in conversation with former
foe Jedrzejczyk, who has allegedly agreed to come out of retirement
for a potential rematch with the BMF title on the line.
“I’ve been talking to Joanna and she said she’d come back,” Andrade
told MMAFighting.com. “If it’s for this [BMF] belt,
she would come back. I think that would be a good fight. Joanna, or
maybe Angela
Hill, who never walks away from a fight and is always there
fighting everyone. Or Valentina [Shevchenko]. Any of those girls
would be great, but I think it would be special if it’s Joanna. It
would be better.”
Jedrzejczyk foiled Andrade’s strawweight title bid via unanimous
decision in their initial encounter at UFC 211 in 2017. One of the
most notable moments of the Polish veteran’s career was the
gruesome hematoma she acquired in a split-decision title loss
against Weili Zhang
at UFC 248 in 2020. Jedrzejczyk suffered a subsequent knockout loss
against Zhang at UFC 275 on her return to action after a two-year
hiatus, after which she hung up her gloves in June 2022. However,
Andrade hasn’t lost hope of avenging her loss against Jedrzejczyk,
this time at 125 pounds.
“[Jedrzejczyk] said she would fight at 125, not at 115, and that
would be even better for me because I feel great in this division
as well,” Andrade said. “I wouldn’t be too affected by the weight
loss or any of that. I think we would put on a show and do an
incredible fight, and I would get that one back.”