Former UFC strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk may have reassured followers together with her social media message on Friday, revealing her continued restoration from the horrendous facial accidents sustained in her final battle.
Poland’s Jedrzejczyk and Chinese language girls’s strawweight champ Zhang Weili placed on a five-round struggle after they met at UFC 248 in Las Vegas earlier this month.
Zhang retained the title with a split-decision win, however the pair had been hailed for producing a back-and-forth bout broadly deemed to be the best in girls’s MMA historical past.
Zhang and Jedrzejczyk had been each left with important facial injury from their slugfest, but it surely was the Polish challenger who appeared worse off as she suffered an enormous hematoma on her brow, rendering her barely recognizable.
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Jedrzejczyk, 32, was later discharged from hospital with out critical damage, though within the days instantly after the epic bout she saved her struggle wounds beneath wraps, donning a cap and darkish sun shades in any pictures she posted to social media.
That was up till final weekend, when she horrified many followers by lastly revealing the extent of the bruising on her face because the swelling sank down from her brow.
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However the transformation in latest days seems to have been outstanding, as Jedrzejczyk confirmed on Instagram on Friday from again dwelling in Poland.
Showing in a pink T-shirt and lightly-tinted glasses, the previous strawweight champ nonetheless had some bruising beneath her eyes, however regarded far rather more like her previous self.
“Hello guys! I wakened so late at this time, at 11 or 12,” Jedrzejczyk started in a message on Instagram tales to her 1.7 million followers.
“I did a tremendous run, 7km, after which I did my first interview and a second interview, and I’ll do my research on-line in a while due to the [coronavirus] quarantine.
“Be secure! Love you guys!” the upbeat fighter stated as she signed off.
She additionally shared proof that she was already getting again into the swing of it, displaying herself sweating it out after a exercise.
Jedrzejczyk was handed a two-month medical suspension after the bout with Zhang, with no contact till April 22, however regardless of that has pressured she is eager to run it again with the Chinese language champ as quickly as doable, saying “let’s rock and roll” in a latest interview.
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The Pole is probably the most dominant champion within the historical past of the UFC’s girls’s 115-pound division, having defended the title 5 instances between 2015 and 2017, though the defeat to Zhang was her fourth successive loss in a title battle – three at strawweight and one at flyweight.
Many would nonetheless relish the prospect of her having one other crack at Zhang, given the fireworks they produced the primary time spherical.