“I put on 13 training sessions per week” – Joanna Jedrzejczyk confident of snatching belt away from Zhang Weili at UFC 248

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Joanna Jedrzejczyk faces Zhang Weili at UFC 248 for the Women’s Strawweight title

Former UFC Women’s Strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk will get a chance to reclaim her title against Zhang Weili at UFC 248.

The 32-year-old has held the title once before and had five successful defences but lost the crown to Rose Namanujas at UFC 217.

“I put on 13 training sessions per week” - Joanna Jedrzejczyk Zhang Weili
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 04: Joanna Jedrzejczyk of Poland enters the ring for her UFC women’s strawweight championship bout against Rose Namajunas during the UFC 217 event at Madison Square Garden on November 4, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

That was Jedrzejczyk’s first loss in her MMA career and she has lost a couple of other fights since. The Polish star also lost a fight for the vacant Women’s Flyweight title to Valentina Shevchenko but returned to the Strawweight division recently.

Jedrzejczyk was asked about her mental preparations for the fight and she seems ready for the clash:

“Mentally and physically I am more than ready. The hard work is done so many weeks before the fight night.”

The challenger highlighted the crazy amount of work she put in ahead of the fight too:

“I put on 13 training sessions per week for the past eight weeks down in Florida at American Top Team. Been working on so many different skills, been sharpening my throws.”

The Queen ready to step up

Jedrzejczyk also spoke about the champion and claimed she had risen to the top and earns the belt.

However, the challenger went on to say that she was ready to take the crown and show who the “queen” is.

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Zhang Weili posing after a training session in Beijing (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

Jedrzejczyk highlighted that she defended the title five times and said that the current champion was a “girl”, however, she had respect for Zhang.

The Chinese star is on an incredible run with 20 consecutive victories across various promotions. She only lost one fight in her career and beat Jessica Andrade to win the Strawweight title.

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Joanna Jedrzejczyk reacts in between rounds of her UFC women’s strawweight championship bout at UFC 223 (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Getty Images)

Zhang has won all four of her fights since coming in the UFC and it will be interesting to see how UFC 248 goes for Jedrzejczyk.

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