When asked which fighter hit her the hardest, Joanna Jedrzejczyk had a surprising answer. Jedrzejczyk (16-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) has fought some of the best female fighters in the sport, reigning over the UFC’s strawweight division for years. She even attempted to move up in weight to face Valentina Shevchenko for the flyweight title in 2018, but she fell short. It’s been almost two years since Jedrzejczyk last competed, a razor-thin decision loss to then-champion Zhang Weili in March 2020. It was an all-out war where Weili’s powerful punches caused a hematoma on Jedrzejczyk’s head, but when she was asked who packed the most power – Zhang or current UFC strawweight champ Rose Namajunas – “Joanna Champion” offered up an additional answer. “I think Rose,” Jedrzejczyk said on the “Punchin’ In” podcast when asked who hits harder between Namajunas and Zhang
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s surprising answer on the hardest puncher she’s ever faced – MMA Junkie