Published 14:25 IST, March 13th 2020

Joanna Jedrzejczyk to undergo surgery after getting destroyed by Weili Zhang at UFC 248

While talking about her health to MMA Fighting, Joanna Jedrzejczyk revealed that the swelling on her face is going down. She said UFC is taking good care of her

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Former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk gave everything she had during her five-round bout with current champion Weili Zhang at UFC 248. Despite being co-main event of UFC 248, Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Weili Zhang won hearts of millions because of ir incredible fight. During fight, Joanna Jedrzejczyk came really close to getting a kckout victory, but Weili Zhang kept on fighting back and took fight to judges. judges' decision landed in favour of Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk lost match.

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Joanna Jedrzejczyk face: Weili Zhang injures Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248

During third round of fight, Zhang Weili landed a number of brutal left jabs on Joanna Jedrzejczyk that left some visible dam on Jedrzejczyk's forehead. Joanna Jedrzejczyk and fans witnessed some swelling on her forehead which worsened as time passed by. Despite that, Joanna Jedrzejczyk fought through pain and overpowered Weili Zhang on several occasions. fight took so much from two that Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk were promply taken to hospital as soon as bout ended.

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Joanna Jedrzejczyk face: Joanna Jedrzejczyk to get surgery next week

While speaking about her health with MMA Fighting, Joanna Jedrzejczyk revealed that swelling on her face is going down. She said UFC is taking really good care of her and her doctor said that everything is fine. Joanna Jedrzejczyk added that she is scheduled to undergo mir surgery on Monday, but before that her swelling has to go down. Joanna Jedrzejczyk also revealed that doctors will do some tests on her after surgery.

“I have a cauliflower [ear] so y drained it at E.R. right after fight. It looks very bad. So that’s it. I’m waiting on swelling to go down,” said Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

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14:25 IST, March 13th 2020