How GOOD was Joanna Jędrzejczyk Actually?

[@natemarx4999]

Honestly, she was a legit superstar in women’s MMA. One of the true trailblazers in that field. I was very sad to see her retire, but it was the right decision.

[@andyying1770]

Absolutely legendary and a pioneer of the women's strawweight division.

[@saltybrackishfresh]

Honestly she did a really good job of balancing her career and other goals. She got out of the sport with money and a further career and can still have kids and focus on her happiness after mma

[@Scorpio_Rising_1]

The Boogeywoman, in my opinion, still the best straw weight champ. Amazing career! Her only losses are to Valentina who’s also a legend already and, Rose & Weili who’ll be considered in the future as legends as well.

[@mrlee9213]

She was the meanest cat

[@enricobreveglieri397]

ngl her retirement speech almost made me cry too. She did put everything on the line for fighting and you could tell that she did not want to stop although she knew that she had to for her own good

[@shaoiliu]

Before there was the Polish Power, there was the Polish Queen.

[@walmartian422]

Polish Plungers.

[@ferrm1992]

At first I only knew the Joanna that fought Rose, which was a very trash talking woman. But after watching more of her fights and all, she is a precious fighter. Beating Andrade and Esparza. D-ing up to Valentina & Zhang, wow

[@Will-j5m]

SHE WAS THE BOOGIE WOMAN AND SHE IS COMING FOR YOU

[@Belladonna313]

She was a fantastic champ!! Her and Connor were what got me proper into ufc. I wish I could go back to 2015

[@_Gwuapo]

She looked so good outside the octagon and was a complete menacing bully once in it. I loved her fighting style, the way she carries herself, everything about her screams greatness. She is top 3 of all time and she will be missed !!

[@rodrigocisneros7019]

Answer is: Phenomenal

[@TheElbowMerchant]

Joanna Violence's stoppage over Esparza is probably my favorite performance of hers. It was reminiscent of Phil Baroni's KO of Dave Menne: she just kept her opponent pinned up against the cage with a ferocious barrage of punches, despite Carla's legs having already given out as her consciousness left her. Just beautiful striking technique, speed, and accuracy combined with true killer instinct, which felt revolutionary for women's strawweight at the time.

[@nakulyadav9287]

YEAAAH, for me, it reminds me of what Cruz did to Mizugaki.

[@Boss_Scaggz]

This comment reminds me of Tommy Morrison vs Ray Mercer, but *NOTHING* was disgusting as that.

[@Boss_Scaggz]

@James Sunderland At first, I thought the way he trails off at the end of a sentence was always kind of weird, but I got used to it and stopped noticing. Now I hear it again, thanks buddy lol.

[@walmartian422]

New York Bad Ass. Bushido the japanese way of the warrior Baroni is the same thing, Bushido Baroni same fuckin thing.

[@gregarganda]

Seeing her remove the tape on her gloves I knew exactly what was coming next and that is no longer her risking getting concussions or more serious injuries that take years away from her life. She does not need to keep putting her health at risk and that is great.

[@billyshane1]

Love how overall positive these “how good was” series of videos are. It’s easy to focus on the end of a fighters career as their performance dips (lots of reasons for it). But that doesn’t invalidate the heights these fighters reached

[@Robert399]

I think this was the perfect time to retire. Despite going 2-5 on paper, there was no slide at the end of her career: 2 of those were razor thin and 1 was to Valentina Shevchenko (who’s the second(?) greatest of all time, a division higher and big for that division). And more importantly, those were some of the greatest fights ever. Sure, she _could_ go on, but what’s the point? This is the perfect way to end a career, especially at 35.

[@igorivanov2498]

Valentina isn’t big for 125 and they fought their entire Muay Thai careers in the same division.

[@JackGlockyy]

@@igorivanov2498 Most of 125’ers came from 115 while Valentina came from 135

[@Meltymorty]

She's easily top 5 wmma fighters and still the 🐐at SW she deserves HOF

[@wallbrown1876]

She was a killer in the octagon,a brawler on words and also a smoking hot woman overall 😂 My favourite along with Amanda Nunez. Jo’s speed though was absolutely phenomenal,easily one of the best and fastest UFC strikers.

[@RoxChaseDi9]

Yeah. She was one of my all time Favorites I absolutely loved her personality the way she carries herself She seems like a super sweet person to talk to. It sucks that she's not gonna be fighting anymore but It was for the best She was exciting to watch on the octagon. Also that war she had against weili. What a Crazy fight

[@OllieBlazin]

This hurts to see. But it feels good knowing she’s a legend

[@thaiboypsp3000]

Crazy to think I’ve watched this woman’s entire career from beginning to end. I remember thinking Carla would wrestle fuck her but man she proved me wrong and that was how I became a fan.

[@metalanarchy5186]

She is one of all time faviorte female MMA stars and hell in all of mma an exciting fighter and true warrior and hopeful she is successful in whatever she does next

[@martinzyka6432]

I think it's a 10/10 career, she did it all, and she is one of the very few female fighters to really capture the attention of enfranchised fans and build a legacy for her. She retired before she really started to fade away, she built herself outside of the octagon, 5 title defenses... And don't know. Yes, she could have been more dominant, the that 2 division champ status, but very few do that.

[@madgavin7568]

9/10 career because while she accomplished so much, she didn't accomplish everything.

[@martinzyka6432]

@@madgavin7568 Given what she could, I think she really didn't let anything on the table.

[@madgavin7568]

@@martinzyka6432 The only knocks on her career are her losses which she never avenged. Ultimately that makes her career a 9/10 overall.

[@SM-nz9ff]

@@madgavin7568 Not only that but not a complete fighter. No ground game, Like Weli is showing she's going to be a complete fighter adding in her ground game after already being a champion. She clearly showed she was more interested in the off the field er I mean out of the cage stuff which stifled her growth there. Up to the individual if that's worth it or not but we're talking about fighting.

[@madgavin7568]

@@SM-nz9ff Joanna didn't really have great grappling, she had outstanding takedown defence and scrambling abilities to avoid getting grappled in the first place. During her peak, it was more than enough to stay at the top with her striking. It only became an issue once more complete fighters could neutralize her takedown defence. Relying solely on takedown defence is a style that historically can't be relied upon forever.

[@jessenibley8878]

Joanna is an absolute legend she is by far my favorite female fighter well her and then Valentina and I'm also still waiting on you to do a how good was Joe Riggs actually

[@BG4life13]

she is a legend. she will be missed.

[@lorenzocostantini341]

Fuuuck i didn't know Valentina and Joanna fought three times in Muay Thai 🤯 what huge careers

[@gallicus]

Love her. Thanks for the video!!

[@user-tz2zz5ij1s]

What sets her and the real goats of fighting isn’t her record, it’s that she was always pushing and put it all out every round. Strikers are going to lose, especially as they age. I don’t think I ever saw her take a round off or play the points game. When she had a fight, you knew you were going to see a great fight.

[@arminiuszmazowszanin2670]

She wasnt the type that will hug half of round and that's what people want to see - a WAR. Not cuddling. Her last fight was a fight everyone want to see. So spectacular so insane and intense. One of the greatest mma fights ever for sure.

[@twuandixon8675]

Best female strawweight in history, someone may take the throne soon but unless you're stuck on recency bias she is the goat of the division 🙌

[@mangodango1733]

You know as a kid I HATED Joanna but I fr almost cried when she retired I hope life treats her well from here on and she gets to have a happy lil family

[@J1283-s1k]

I definitely think the Strawweight GOAT. The 6 title defences are a massive one for me. And I personally felt she beat Zhang in fight 1, although it was so razor thin, no one could complain. But for her to go the distance with Rose in a close 2nd fight and go to absolute war with Zhang in the 1st, both former champions themselves (with Zhang also having been collapsed by Rose like Joanna and then went 5 rounds), I feel Joanna is definitely the GOAT of the division.

[@yungggancestor3042]

good score, she’s the goat of the straw weight division, as of rn i don’t think there should be any debate, great video bro

[@carlosk8103]

I'll always remember her as the Boogie Woman!

[@mklip2001]

I would've liked to see Joanna vs. Marina Rodriguez before retiring: it could have been another possible passing-of-the-torch fight (like Adesanya vs. Silva). That's really the only thing missing from an incredible career.

[@AnthonyDavidsound]

That's missing from Marinas. Not Joanna's.

[@GabrielFelix-zl4sq]

Thank you, queen 🔥 she was one of the greatest for sure.

[@dudlEEk]

always been a fan of Joanna, enjoy your life champ, you deserve it.

[@Strategistdating]

One of the best ever

[@wowf0rl1f3]

7th favorite fighter overall and second favorite female fighter for me. So insanely clean and fight IQ that made most opponents look like they were new to the game. Glad she retired now and is able to enjoy the rest of the aspects of her life

[@Haywood-Jablomie]

Feminists will demand that you place only women in your top 35 fighters of all time... the rest are allowed to be Fallon Fox and Gabbi Garcia

[@NateMulder]

I feel like she had a Ronda esque run, where all it really took was just dominance ontop leading people to slowly creep up on her skill wise. Claudia was her Miesha.

[@inlimbo6019]

Joanna's skill especially her stand up is way above anything Rhonda had,Rhonda was a one trick pony

[@madgavin7568]

@@inlimbo6019 Ronda was a vastly superior grappler. I don't think any woman could out-grapple or submit Ronda.

[@inlimbo6019]

@@madgavin7568 i agree, that's what i mean't by one trick pony,she was an arm bar wizard,Miesha Tate gave it a good go,but like you say Rhonda was a Judoka,she new how to roll on the mat,if Rhonda had stuck to arm bars only,like she did in all her first fights,then i think she could have beat Holly and still fought again Rhonda got too caught up in her own own head,believing her walk out song was real,she was the baddest motherfucker on the planet,she thought her stand up was as good,as it sounded in her head sadly we now know,that was not the case,her trainer,coach and manager are all responsible for playing along,Holly was a multiple times world boxing champ,Rhonda went out and boxed ! if she had went only for an arm bar,she would have got it in the first two rounds,i loved watching the old Rhonda fight

[@madgavin7568]

@@inlimbo6019 You misunderstand. Ronda was TRYING to clinch up with Holly and use her Judo throw, but it wasn't working because Holly knew how to counter it and was too strong. The same thing was true for Amanda as well. When it wasn't working, she got desperate with the striking. And yes Ronda did begin to believe her own hype, but it didn't effect her performances in fights as much as people criticize her for. It just coincided with the fact she was beginning to face bad stylistic matchups. Had she still fought the likes of Miesha Tate, Cat Zingano, Julianna Pena etc. She still would have most likely won. Ronda was a one-trick pony, but she was arguably the best one-trick pony. While her striking was sloppy, she did have power in her strikes which scored her a number of KO/TKO finishes.

[@Gaijins]

My favorite female fighter of all time. Her striking may not be one hit knock out level, but that in no way means she couldn’t do serious damage. How technical with the amount of volume she would put out in each exchange was incredible to watch. I believe her striking ability transcends that of the female mma discussion, and is legitimately some of the best we’ve ever seen in the sport male or female. She will be missed, glad she is successful and hope she is happy in life.

[@philliplabuschagne5508]

Everything has a season. It is written "better is the end of something than the beginning thereof" She reminds me of thee wildest girlfriend I had, crazy adventurous passionate. Man sexists female fighter ever, she has that something. Hope she finds a Action Movie Role so we can see her again.

[@joshuaizzo8893]

She's like the Anderson Silva of wmma

[@Haywood-Jablomie]

I identify as the Mr Rogers of MMA... bow and call me Sensei

[@AnthonyDavidsound]

She brought it every single time. Love her

[@ChillnrelaxCentral]

Sometimes a rematch is just unnecessary

[@youngclueless7364]

How GOOD was Zabit Magomedsharipov Actually?

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

Kiiyon doesn't miss a big part of the mma yt community he deserves more subs

[@paulhriir]

You should make one for Zabit too after the confirmation for his retirement. Your "tributes" to these newly retired fighters are always delivering

[@IAMSEYMOURMUSIC]

One of the best technical strikers in MMA history

[@LuDawgg]

JOANNA CHAMPION FOREVER

[@ShutUpBubi]

She's an absolute legend still so sad she retired

[@Blunt44]

Honestly out of all Joanna fights I think her war with zhang was a tie.

[@warriorjgamer]

She was one hell of a fighter it’s always sad to here a great wrestler decide to retire but no one can fight forever and retiring at a young age when you’re a fighter is a safe bet I’d love to see her in action movies

[@cheaperthanyouthink2646]

I would love to see one on Dan Severn. He was quite iconic but I feel like people confuse him with Frye a lot so I’d like to see a full breakdown

[@hardnewstakenharder]

It's not that she lost focus and wasn't hungry anymore, it's that the competition caught up.

[@luvles8682]

Either the hunger or the body fails! "CYBORG", and " IRON MIKE" aura in terms of opponents knowing well ahead of fight night they had no chance. Among the few Dominant Champions who Truly were that, emotionally, mentally, & physically.

[@averywright7287]

This video type is my favorite and what got me on you’re channel

[@tysonvincent3659]

In my opinion definitely in the top five greatest women to ever compete in MMA

[@frghtnight]

i am sure jj beat rose in the second fight it was bullshit

[@zotmaster]

I agree with everything about her focus being elsewhere, but I think part of it is also the fact that she's not the type of person to be a gatekeeper, and in a division with Rose and Weili, that's what she would be.

[@AJW5252]

Hay man can you do josh koscheck and how good he was and what happen to him

[@csabahorvath7203]

I think it isn't fair to blame her for having better time management compared to other fighters. She mentioned numerous times that it doesn't impact her training and never have. It's odd that some of her big fans don't know this. What has impacted her training is her physical inability to sustain it anymore for many years now. She was burned out. This is common for long reigning champions, like GSP, and fighters at the tail end of their athletic careers. She reached that even before the Rose fight. This should be common knowledge based on her many interviews. She is shop worn. None of the opponents she lost to are. Far from it. Rose mentioned that she is at the very top of her athletic career and her cardio is peerless even vs men. Weili mentioned in an interview that she trains up to 6 hours on a normal day virtually every day. Not even in camp. That's almost double Joanna's best day in camp which she could only do a couple of times in a month. Valentina only recently shown being Human at all. Joanna fell off because she physically fell apart and could no longer compete with top female athletes at the apex of their careers while she was on the tail end of hers. Not because she had other interests or bad time management. I think such narratives do Joanna a disservice and suggests a lack of professionalism on her part and you may unknowingly damage her business career should certain individuals see this and think it's coming from a favorable party. It's sad because the reality is the exact opposite of what you said and numerous coaches and others who deal with her echo this.

[@arminiuszmazowszanin2670]

It was clearly visible vs chinese 2nd time - chinese was faster and stronger - and even tho Joanna gave her hard time. If couple of her kicks to a face went in - maybe result would be different.

[@dkblue941]

You're absolutely 100% correct. She's already had a very long career of fighting even before MMA in the first place. It's TONS of mileage. You just can't keep doing that forever and you're bound to burn out. I mean look at Rose, she's 31 now, of similar age that Joanna was when Joanna first started losing, and now look at the performances Rose is putting, clearly not at her peak and is going life and death with Amanda Ribas. And it's not even like Rose has had a career of 100 Muay Thai fights before MMA lol. Joanna's mileage is insane. It's extremely impressive how much she has accomplished after all that wear and tear.

[@kulfonidaskutamino8121]

I'm from Poland and recently she said that as soon as she recovers after surgery and recovery, she will return to sports, unfortunately she didn't say in what sense, whether it's exercise or she'll be back... I think she misses it (I use a translator but I hope everything is ok)

[@wildpyraah6343]

I just wish she didn’t come straight back against Weilli. Maybe someone lower ranked would’ve been an easier way to ease back into competing after 3 years.

[@champ1159]

She should've fought Marina Rodriguez

[@GalactusOG]

She was the Women version of Israel.

[@bwhitnell0724]

Let’s go been wanting this

[@Neeko_Lionheart]

Fun fact: I proposed to Joanna in Vegas back in March. And she didn’t say “no.” I have the video to prove it. 😏

[@slavemperor9581]

Her first fight with Zang is Hall of Fame level fight. If she had more punch power she would be unbeatable.

[@Dunkleosteusenjoyer]

Since strawweight is the only good division the wmma GOAR is either her or Mega Megu. Megumi was more dominant and even her losses are contested but Joanna had more high level fights.

[@blainechaney8617]

I agree with 100% of everything you said.

[@Elijah_Elias]

I’ve listened to her pronounce her name a couple times and I think I got it. “Yo-anna Yow-jay-chick”

[@spencere821]

Yawn-jay-check

[@pandaplutten2573]

At least she avoided going down the BJ Penn Avenue...

[@chasemauney9654]

I've always had a huge crush on her

[@cainslawyer8058]

Hands down the most entertaining female fighter of all time both inside and outside the octagon. Btw, the Rose rematch was a lot closer than people think if you actually watch the fight without the commentary. I mean Joanna would hit Rose with long combos but Joe was silent because we all know he has a weird crush on Rose

[@kaidi223]

Joanna champion is a legend kicked some serious asses in the UFC. One of few female super stars.

[@jet2329]

Lost only to Rose Weili and Valentina Had some of the best wars of wmma Picked apart the futur Champ Andrade with ease What a carreer

[@cstmex4937]

HES BACK

[@GenesisXTRM]

Still waiting on one of these for Minoru Suzuki, I promise I'll subscribe then...

[@BingDwenDwen]

Her persona is actually the thing I didn't like about Joanna, she was highly disrespectful, while she might be a good fighter, but Zhang Weili have shown that you don't need to trashtalk to be badass in the octagon, Weili showed fists do the talking, not fake arse persona.

[@wallcity318]

Yea but for casuals just fighting isnt enough. You gotta hype up fights and make some kind of anticipation. joanna was good at that, just like conner.

[@BingDwenDwen]

@@wallcity318 connor have gone down in history to be an idiot clown for doing that, and joanna too. the higher you hype up fights like that, the harder the fall becomes.

[@mikebaker9574]

She was very good,, but with her foul mouth,I enjoyed seeing her getting thumped!!!

[@Jameslfgsmith]

Joanna when she drops her kid off at daycare “The queen is here, bow down, bow down!”

[@rodbod1564]

Holdup young Joanna was kinda 😍

[@israelthepenisbenderadensa8953]

Bro idc if she is 80 I’m still tapping

[@zyrex8118]

I'm happy for her to retire now as to be able to enjoy the rest of her life in peace

[@mrlee9213]

Yoanna and waylee was the most epic womens fight of all time

[@basharthekindandgentle4346]

Some of these fighters need to throw in the towel, before they take too many blows to the head. CTE is no joke. Tony Ferguson and Stipe need to consider retirement.

[@thisisutubnottwitterwhyhandles]

Honestly, if she were to skip Weili and fight Carla today, I'd think there would've been a pretty good chance she'd regain her title.

[@m00nsplitter72]

Perhaps her win over Carla was her most definitive victory, but for me her best performance was against Valentina. She was losing the exchanges but never gave up on pressing forward. It's easy to dismiss her admittedly cringeworthy antics towards Rose et al as proof of her being a bully, but her courage and determination when facing adversity tells another tale. Enjoy your freedom, Joanna.

[@madgavin7568]

Interesting choice as Valentina largely shutdown Joanna. For me JJ's best performance was against Jessica Andrade. At the time Andrade was destroying her competition (still is) and was a feared presence in the division. Joanna put on a striking and footwork masterclass against Andrade across 5 rounds, while taking minimal damage in the process. Its one of the best wins on Joanna's resume and arguably her most impressive performance.

[@chendaddy]

Know you must've had this one tee'd up, but bro I miss these deep-dive analyses.

[@savaavavaa2126]

She does Not get the credit she deserves the straweight division is the most talented division out of the women’s weight classes and its all due to Joanna because she set the bar extremely high.

[@kevinbryantsr.6443]

IF Germaine De Randamie had the TD defense of Joanna Jedrzejczyk she would be easy goat in womens MMA!

[@nathanchristman6660]

the real sw goat. rose hasn't earned that. becoming champ is a lot easier than staying champ

[@johnstover4584]

Joanna and Glover losing pissed me off. Both should of won.

[@champ1159]

Wdym? Did you just want them to win or do you disagree with the outcome of the fights?

[@jayjohn9893]

Much love dude, great channel, great vid. Does anyone think of Randy Marsh when they hear "Kiiyon!" Edit: For context - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4vIh6J3rKqCetU

[@Leveer13]

She was my favorite fighter PERIOD male or female for a few years. I feel like her striking started to degrade a bit when she moved to the United States. Still one of my all time favorites.

[@dkblue941]

Her striking would degrade bit by bit ever since she left Muay Thai in the first place. It's just bound to happen when striking is not the only thing you focus on and you have to do wrestling and jujitsu in the mix. Her best striking days were by far her Muay Thai days, the way she destroyed Satoko Sasaki (A girl who beat Zhang Weili at kickboxing btw) and took her belt was so impressive.

[@Leveer13]

@@dkblue941 There is no reason for her striking to degrade. She should have stayed in Poland. It was not broken and didn't need to be fixed. Her Sprawls and standups were world level when she came to the UFC.

[@dkblue941]

@Leveer13 When striking is not the only thing you focus on anymore, it will start to deteriorate. Obviously her skills would still be there in MMA, obviously her striking would still be world class, but she's not gonna be at her peak level of striking when it was solely the only thing she focused on before.

[@MiguelRivera-vt2cy]

I know I’m a little bit late to the party but Weili’s last name is pronounced Jong not Zang in Chinese the ZH makes a j sound and the a sounds like a o to English speakers

[@firstdegreesports5120]

The best in my opinion. Yeah she had those KO losses to Rose and Weili who are also elite. They have yet to hold the belt as long and Joanna had 2 fights against them that went to split decision which could have gone her way. I think until someone passes her title reign up she's the best strawweight of all time.

[@Umadoveracommentg]

Simply the W SW GOAT.

[@danialmalik4876]

can you do jorge masvidal next?

[@morgansimpson3760]

Hey bro you should do how good was Jon fitch

[@fractalinfect3454]

No more live footage?

[@Aoki3997]

She was the fucking boogey-woman. Just like Tony Ferguson (in her prime time) she gave every opponent free face surgery. She was scary and lethal, she will truly be missed

[@artem_mma]

goat of sw, for now

[@andrewstokes6623]

Here's the thing, Joanna took damage in the war with Zhang, but Zhang didn't come out unscathed either and had a year layoff herself and when she did return, she got head kicked and KO'd in the first round, sure she came back well in the Rose rematch but there's too much focus on what the fight did to Joanna and not enough on what it did to Zhang. Sure, Zhang doesn't seem to have been effected as badly but put her in a rematch with Jessica Andrade and I think she's in trouble as the chin isn't the same I think, but back to Joanna. Enjoy retirement Joanna, you've earned it champion.