One of the UFC's fiercest fighters is targeting a rematch against the woman who disfigured her face in a bout for the ages
- Joanna Jedrzejczyk is targeting a rematch against Weili Zhang.
- Zhang beat Jedrzejczyk in a 2020 epic that is lauded as one of the greatest fights of all time.
One of the UFC's fiercest fighters is targeting a rematch against the woman who disfigured her face in a 2020 bout that was a brutal bludgeoning for the ages.
Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Weili Zhang went to war for five rounds at UFC 247, which was the last major UFC event of the pre-pandemic era, held March 7, 2020 at the T-Mobile Arena.
The fight was chaotic from beginning to end with both women throwing fists and kicks at each other with reckless abandon, until they were virtually unrecognizable after 25 minutes of action.
It was not long before the MMA industry lauded the match as one of the greatest battles to ever have taken place inside an Octagon.
The UFC even released slow-mo footage that showed the precise punches that caused grotesque hematomas to dominate Jedrzejczyk's face.
But it was not all one-way traffic, and Zhang, too, also left the Octagon disfigured. As such, both fighters were slapped with two-month medical suspensions from fighting.
Jedrzejczyk wanted an immediate rematch, which was initially rebuffed by Zhang, who was a then champion in the UFC.
Zhang has since lost her title, but that has not stopped Jedrzejczyk from wanting to do it all again.
"Everyone thinks I'm not in the UFC anymore," Jedrzejczyk told Sport.pl, regarding a near two-year absence. She has not fought since the Zhang slobberknocker.
"I am, I just dropped out of the ranking, because I haven't fought for a dozen or so months, but I'm coming back and fighting. It will probably be Zhang Weili," she said.
Since beating Jedrzejczyk in March 2020, Zhang lost her strawweight title, dropping back-to-back defeats to Rose Namajunas.
She has no opponent booked for her return to the Octagon, so a Jedrzejczyk could be an attractive option.