Joanna Jędrzejczyk Joins Ronda Rousey as Dana White Honors Ex-UFC Champ With Hall of Fame Entry

Joanna Jędrzejczyk has officially been added to the UFC Hall of Fame. Jędrzejczyk was dubbed the strawweight queen and rightfully so, the former champion held the title for 966 days only losing it to another strawweight great, Rose Namjunas.

Before she lost the title to Namjunas, she held it successfully, defended it several times, and was on a winning streak of 14 fights. In fact, Jędrzejczyk was undefeated until that very point. Here’s more about the former champion that leads her to this place in her career.

Joanna Jędrzejczyk honored at UFC 299

Before the co-main event commenced, the promotion honored Joanna Jędrzejczyk with her rightful Hall of Fame induction. Joanna Jędrzejczyk is a true legend who has a brilliant record of 16 wins and only five losses.

She has now become one of the few women in the Hall of Fame joining former fighter Ronda Rousey who previously fought in the bantamweight and featherweight divisions of the UFC. Many believe that she secured legendary status the day she declared an all-out war against the current reigning strawweight champion, Weili Zhang. The fight was brutal and was dubbed by many as the greatest fight in the history of any women’s division.

During the fight, Jędrzejczyk suffered a knee to the head which immediately took its toll. Her forehead was swollen and by the end of the fight, looked rather damaged. Regardless, she paid no heed to it and kept fighting ahead just for the title. In the end, she came up a bit too short but regardless, she managed to give the MMA community a great show.

Joanna Jędrzejczyk rendered emotional upon induction

After years of work and fighting for the belt, today at the UFC 299 pay-per-view Joanna Jędrzejczyk was visibly shaken and emotional. Her fame has come from a place of much toil on the mat and it shows. The last time she stepped inside the cage was yet again with Weili Zhang.

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This time around, for the sake of the title, Jędrzejczyk took it into her own hands to challenge her again but was met with a more cruel fate than their first bout. The first time around, at UFC 248, Jędrzejczyk lost via a split decision. At UFC 275, she lost via a brutal spinning back fist.

Regardless of her losses, she remains a living legend. What is your favorite Jędrzejczyk fight? Let us know in the comments.

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