“I was 16, I just wanted to do something in my life. I wanted to be healthy, I wanted to lose some weight and I went for my first training. In the beginning I didn't know what Muay Thai meant. You know? But I liked it so much, and after six months of training I had my first competition in Poland. I won, and after that I knew that I wanted to do it.”

Polish former mixed martial artist, Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer, born 1987

Joanna Jędrzejczyk is a Polish former professional mixed martial artist, Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer. Born in 1987, she competed in the UFC and became a former UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion. She is listed among the most notable figures in women’s strawweight competition, with 96 quotes on the site. In the UFC, Jędrzejczyk set records for strawweight title defenses and consecutive wins at strawweight, and she was the first Polish champion and the first female European champion. Daniel Cormier has described her as the greatest female strawweight mixed martial artist of all time and said she helped put the division on the map.