Joanna Jedrzejczyk

I'm a professional athlete, I'm a businesswoman and I know who I am.

In U.S., there are lot of good fighters, female fighters. Lots of different sparring partners. So it's good.

I'm happy to be part of the UFC and I'm happy to be the first Polish champion and the first European women's champion.

I'm very open to fight Valentina Shevchenko. I always want to fight the best fighters and I think that she is one of the top female fighters in the world.

I like to fight on the ground. I'm learning every day. I think I'm good.

This sport is all about winning the fight, setting records, and defending titles.

Every fighting career is different.

Weight cuts are not easy, are not nice, but it's part of our job so we shouldn't complain and just be on weight when you have to be.

I must cut lots of weight. Isn't nice, but it's part of my job and I can make it very easy.

I've got talent from my gut and I did my job to show to everyone that I'm simply the best.

I was 16, I just wanted to do something in my life. I wanted to be healthy, I wanted to lose some weight and I went for my first training. In the beginning I didn't know what Muay Thai meant. You know? But I liked it so much, and after six months of training I had my first competition in Poland. I won, and after that I knew that I wanted to do it.

I want people to talk about me in five, 10 years, 20 years, that I was one of the best female MMA fighters, that I was one of the best UFC champions in the world back in the day. This is what I want.