UFC 205: Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Karolina Kowalkiewicz, plus Miesha Tate
- Posted by tessie on Sep 24, 2016
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UFC 205 has added an all Polish strawweight title fight between champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Karolina Kowalkiewicz. Subscribe to keep up with MMA: http://tinyurl.com/MMAdigest
Karolina is ranked #2 in the division.
Joanna is the #8 ranked pound for pound fighter. The only woman at the moment in the top 10.
Karolina Tweeted Dreams come true. She just defeated Rose Namajunas in July and was clear she wanted this title shot.
Joanna turned 29 last month, Karolina turns 31 on October 15th
Karolina is 10-0 in MMA.
Joanna defeated Claudia Gadelha for the second time in July.
Joanna is 12-0 in MMA.
And 33% of her wins are by KO / TKO.
New York is the largest Polish city outside of Warsaw.
And according to the 2000 Census the Polish population in the New York, New Jersey, and Long Island area is over a million people.
Also added to the card is women's bantamweight fight between Miesha Tate and Raquel Pennington.
Tate is ranked #1 and Pennington is ranked #8. Amanda Nunes and Ronda R