UFC 185 : Joanna Jedrzejczyk def. Carla Esparza second-round TKO

Joanna Jedrzejczyk might have been one of the only people in the building who believed that she had what it took to dethrone UFC women’s strawweight champion Carla Esparza. Maybe that’s because she knew something most didn’t, and it started with her stellar takedown defense. After shutting down nearly every attempt by Esparza (10-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) to get the fight to the floor, Jedrzejczyk (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) unloaded on the champ with sharp jabs and stinging right hands, hammering away until referee Don Turnage was eventually forced to call a stop to the bout at 4:17 of Round 2, making Jedrzejczyk the new UFC women’s 115-pound champ.The two spend about 30 seconds sizing each other up before any action. Jedrzejczyk came in with a punch and Esparza went for the take down but Jedrzejczyk defended it well. Esparza went for a take down and Jedrzejczyk defended it well. Esparza got her left foot and hanged on to it and eventually brought Jedrzejczyk down. Jedrzejczyk got back to her feet but Esparza had her against the fence in the clinch. They broke and went to the middle of the mat and Esparza continued to focus on getting Jedrzejczyk to the ground. That meant Jedrzejczyk spent most of her time and energy defending the take down attempts. Jedrzejczyk got a good shot as she broke out of Espraza’s hold and seemed to hurt her. Jedrzejczyk threw a few more shots between defending take down attempts from Esparza.Jedrzejczyk continues to press forward, she landed a nice combo. Jedrzejczyk with a huge straight right that rocked Carla. As Joe Rogan said, this is a huge mismatch. Carla shot in, but stuffed by Jedrzejczyk. Jedrzejczyk with another nice combo. Carla is 1 in 13 takedown attempts. Jedrzejczyk with another big right hand. Jedrzejczyk swarms her and finishes her on the feet.