Dana White: UFC Fight Night 104 winner Jessica Andrade next for champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Jessica Andrade earned the next crack at undefeated UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk with a dominant win over Angela Hill at UFC Fight Night 104.

Andrade (16-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) improved to 3-0 since she dropped to 115 pounds this past June when she overwhelmed Hill (6-3 MMA, 1-3 UFC) for the majority of three rounds to take a clear-cut unanimous decision on the scorecards.

With Jedrzejczyk (13-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) having cleared the division of most of its top contenders over four successful title defenses, Andrade’s emergence makes her a new threat to the UFC’s second longest reigning current champion.

Joanna Jedrzejczyk

UFC President Dana White said after Saturday’s FS1-televised event at Toyota Center in Houston that Andrade will indeed be next for the Polish titleholder.

“Absolutely (she gets the next title shot),” White said on UFC Fight Night 104’s post-fight show on FS1. “When you see the way she fought tonight, just imagine those two squaring off in there and the absolute war that will be. That’s going to be a fun fight.”

Andrade and Hill were awarded a $50,000 “Fight of the Night” bonuses for their entertaining three-round battle. After scoring two stoppage wins to start her strawweight stint, Andrade was able to prove she could go the distance at a high pace.

Whether her conditioning will hold up against a tested five-round fighter like Jedrzejczyk remains to be seen, but White lauded her performance against Hill.

“In the women’s divisions, that’s one of the greatest fights you’ll ever see,” White said. “I mean, that fight was incredible. Both girls were getting hit with bombs. What a great fight.”

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