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Former UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk retired from MMA competition after a loss to Zhang Weili at UFC 275 in June of 2022.
Despite being out of action for more than a year, a retired Jedrzejczyk recently revealed that she had contemplated a return to fighting and then revealed she will never compete in the UFC again.
“I have to be honest with you, yes [I thought about fighting again],” Jedrzejczyk said on The MMA Hour. “Even a few days before the last show in Miami [at UFC 299], I was like trying to force my manager to let me go in. But my family, some of my fans and friends, they don’t want me to do this anymore. I’m like in between, but I’m not going to fight in the UFC ever again.”
Jedrzejczyk hasn’t won a fight in over four years, with her last win coming over Michelle Waterson-Gomez at UFC Fight Night 161 in October of 2019.
The retired fighter also revealed that the first eight months after retiring were some of the hardest times she has gone through.
“Honestly, the first eight months after I retired were the most difficult months in my life probably,” Jedrzejczyk revealed. “Because I was thinking everyday, I was even calling and texting [UFC CEO] Dana [White], [UFC COO] Hunter [Campbell], my manager, Dan Lambert, my family that I was going to come back.
“Actually, I went to the States — I don’t know if you saw, but I was back to American Top Team in January last year, and I was training really hard for four weeks. I was ready to schedule a fight, but then a super back injury came back, and I had to go through the medical procedure, and I’m still trying to get in shape after a year.”
