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Tecia Torres weighs in on seemingly more humble Joanna Jedrzejczyk before UFC on FOX 30
CALGARY – Tecia Torres believes Joanna Jedrzejczyk is the same fighter she always was, minus the fact she’s no longer undefeated or the strawweight champion.
Torres (10-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) takes on Jedrzejczyk (14-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) in a key 115-pound matchup Saturday at UFC on FOX 30 and is looking to elevate her position in the weight class by handing the ex-champ a third consecutive defeat.
Typically, Jedrzejczyk is confident and boisterous. She’s shown less of that in the lead-up to UFC on FOX 30 after dropping consecutive title bouts to champ Rose Namajunas, but Torres doesn’t think that marks any sort of significant change in her persona.
“Maybe (she’s a) little more humble,” Torres told reporters, including MMAjunkie, at UFC on FOX 30 open workouts Wednesday. “She’s been quiet this camp, and maybe that’s out of respect. Hopefully it is. More power to her.”
UFC on FOX 30 takes place at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Torres vs. Jedrzejczyk airs on the FOX-televised main card following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.
Although Jedrzejczyk has gone from 14-0 to being a two-fight skid, Torres said she doesn’t view the Polish fighter any differently than when she was ruling the division. She’s always seen Jedrzejczyk as a winnable fight and said the plan is to push her skid to three.
“I don’t think anybody’s unbeatable,” Torres said. “It more comes to the point where someone just picks out their game and knows what they need to do. Rose did that twice to Joanna, and we’ll do that a third time.”
What makes Torres even more confident going into UFC on FOX 30 is that she put in some training alongside Namajunas. They’ve trained together in the past due to the fact they’re both based in Colorado, but the help for this fight in particular makes Torres feel like she has an ace up her sleeve.
“I don’t think it’s necessarily anything we worked on and having her coaches be able to train me and know that they beat Joanna twice,” Torres said. “It’s something I have extra in my pocket.”
For more on UFC on FOX 30, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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