Joanna Jedrzejczyk Has Request For Rival Claudia Gadelha: ‘Be Quiet’

“It makes me laugh when I hear her say that, because what am I meant to be scared of?”

Bigfoot got taken down and worked over a little in his fight with Soa Palelei before clipping Hunt’s training partner early in the second round.

This was Rousey’s show, after all-at least, it was supposed to be until Holm crashed it. Since a planned welterweight title bout fell apart due to injury and the UFC slotted Rousey-Holm to replace it in Melbourne, Australia’s 70,000-seat Etihad Stadium, the organization spent much of its time turning this event into the biggest, best version of the Ronda Rousey Experience yet.

“These years have been so, so frustrating for me because I knew deep inside that I was a great fighter”, added the 8-3 challenger, who began her professional career in March, 2007, and faced future UFC bantamweight standouts (and fellow Canadians) Sarah Kaufman and Alexis Davis in her second and third bouts, respectively.

And Holm made a statement of her own. ‘I said it would be very tough.

“I try to be a professional athlete by staying in shape all the time but I want to take a rest after this fight”. The champion’s standup is something we have rarely ever seen.

Rousey and Holm shook hands and not a word was said. It’s many dreams come true: fighting on the same card as Ronda; fighting in Australia; fighting for the title; and fighting Joanna.

The pair again went nose to nose and butted heads in a nasty exchange. The tide slowly turned, and then in the championship rounds, Jedrzejczyk left her in the dust.

If Joanna Jedrzejczyk wasn’t known to most UFC fans prior to 2015, she surely leaped onto their radars following her crushing knockout of inaugural strawweight champion Carla Esparza at UFC 185. The low kick proved effective for Jedrzejczyk, leaving her opponent noticeably limping in a few moments with obvious welts on the thigh.

Letourneau is coming off an upset decision win over Maryna (Iron Lady) Moroz in August in Saskatoon.

Hall has won five of his last six under the UFC banner, most notably defeating Gegard Mousasi at UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson.

“This is for me, for my brother”. They just wanted to make us go away…

Arguably the biggest roar was for “Super Samoan” Mark Hunt (265) when he hit the stage for the square off with Antonio “Big Foot” Silva (263).

Middleweight: Steve Montgomery (185) v Daniel Kelly (185).

Danny Martinez used his aggression and wrestling to outpoint Richie Vaculik over 15 minutes.

Light heavyweight: Gian Villante (205) v Anthony Perosh (205).

Kyle Noke blasted Peter Sobotta with a perfectly-placed, rib-roasting front kick, sending the screaming German careening to the mat.

Lightweight: Akbarh Arreola (155) v Jake Matthews (155).

“It’s hard”, Letourneau said.