Karolina Kowalkiewicz Doesn’t Buy Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s Explanation For UFC 217 Loss

Karolina Kowalkiewicz spoke with MMAjunkie about Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s loss to Rose Namajunas at UFC 217 and more. The highlights are below:

On Jedrzejczyk saying her weight cut was the reason she lost to Namajunas: “For me it’s nonsense and justification of herself. I don’t know, maybe it makes her feel better about it, and she’s able to lift it somehow psychologically. In fact, every fighter cuts the weight, and it’s not pleasant for anyone. Sometimes it’s lighter, sometimes heavier, but overall it’s not a nice process. And she puts the guilt on her dietary team. Doesn’t Joanna use her own brain? If Joanna saw that she had too much weight to cut, then…If Joanna felt that something was wrong and had too much weight to cut, then I don’t understand something,” Kowalkiewicz said. “In my opinion, this is just one big fraud.”

On who she prefers in the rematch: “My heart is more with Rose for the rematch. I just like her more as a person. I always look at who I like, who I know better, and that’s why I’m with Rose. Joanna is my compatriot, but privately she is not a nice person. In each interview, when a journalist asks her about me, she talks trash about me and offends me. So what can I say here? I won’t say that I will keep my fingers crossed for her, because I will keep these fingers crossed for Rose, who is a really honest, real person, and she doesn’t pretend to be someone else.”

On who she would prefer to face for the championship: “Recently, I talked to a friend about it, and if I were to have another chance to fight for the belt with Rose or with Joanna, I would prefer to face Joanna again. Somewhere my sports ambitions will just push me towards this fight. And if I was to face Rose, it would be a bit emotionally hard for me, because I really like this girl.”