Joanna with a low kick. They clinch and Joanna Jedrzejczyk connects with a big knee. They exchange jabs and Joanna lands a left hook. Joanna has a huge lump on her forehead. Both ladies are wearing it now. These are powerful shots from Weili Zhang. By Milan … The fifth and final round of the UFC 248 co-main event begins and both women begin the round by exchanging heavy leather. ... Order UFC 248 For Any Device! Joanna with a good right. How has nobody gone down?
Weili with a hard body shot.
She lands a snapping outside low kick.
The Polish star misses with a front kick and Zhang connects with another right.
She lands a low kick. Joanna fires back with a short left that lands flush. Zhang is still bouncing but she eats another low kick.
So does Joanna.
Jedrzejczyk with a body kick but then eats a jab. She lands a hard low kick. Unreal. Joanna comes in with a left hand and then a kick to the body. Weili answers with one of her own followed by a hard right. She lands a crisp combination. Joanna appears to be the fresher fighter. Shevchenko - who beat Jedrzejczyk in a flyweight title fight in 2018 - immediately pronounced the former long-time champion the winner.
Both women with big shots in the pocket.
Weili Zhang responds with elbows and finally they break. Joanna is still defending very well. Of the five rounds, the three judges were only unanimous in one round - the third, which they all awarded to Jedrzejczyk.These are the scorecards for the Israel Adesanya vs Yoel Romero and Zhang Weili vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk fights.McGregor also took a serious shot at Islam Makhachev, teammate and friend of Khabib Nurmagomedov and a 7-1 lightweight in the UFC. Weili tags her with another low kick. Ninety seconds remain. She lands a nice right hand that appears to stun the champ. Joanna Jedrzejczyk with a big elbow on the break. She shoots for a takedown but Joanna defends it beautifully. Weili (21-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) and Jedrzejczyk (16-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) stood toe to toe for five rounds, exchanging strikes and not backing down in a bout that will go down as an all-time classic, resulting in Weili winning by split decision to …
The champion connects with a hard low kick and then another. Weili continues to search for a takedown. Jedrzejczyk ended the bout with a massive hematoma on her forehead and both fighters were transported straight to hospital.
She catches a Weili kick but eats a right hand for her effort. Weili with a left hook. Ten seconds left. Zhang misses with a low kick and Joanna partially lands a high kick. "A convicted steroid cheat that will do anything to avoid impacty and stall a fight, and then talks down one of the greatest exchanges of combat ever produced by our female combatants.An absolute cretin.
Zhang with a low kick and then a right hand. Joanna with a right hand now.
Joanna Jedrzejczyk with a jab but Weili Zhang answers with a pair of lefts.
A good combination from the former champion. She lands a body kick and then another right hand. She trips Joanna to the floor but the former champ is right back up. BJ "The Prodigy" Penn.
Joanna Jedrzejczyk with a low kick.
She rushes in and the fighters battle against the cage as the horn sounds to end round two.Round three of the UFC 248 co-main event begins and Joanna Jedrzejczyk comes forward early but eats a hard right hand for her efforts. The horn sounds to end round four.Weili and Joanna putting it all on the line for the right to be called champion! Joanna with a hard left hand.
She lands a flurry of knees. Zhang with a jab.
They clinch against the cage.
Zhang with a nice right.
Weili with a right. UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili and Joanna Jedrzejczyk pushed each other to the limits over five rounds in their championship fight this …
Remarkably, they were each discharged without any major injuries. Joanna Jedrzejczyk is looking confident early. Spinning back fist from the champ misses the mark. Weili continues to press the action. Joanna Jedrzejczyk talks candidly about the physical and emotional pain she went through after her loss to Weili Zhang at UFC 248. El enfrentamiento con la china Weili dejó duras marcas en el rostro de la polaca Dicen que fue el mejor combate de la historia de la UFC. The Chinese champion switches the position and lands a knee of her own. The fighters break and Weili comes forward with a jab. The fighters break and Joanna comes forward with a low kick. She lands a low kick. She lands a low kick.