However, giving fight fans some hope, ESPN reporter Ariel Helwani stated that Joanna will do everything she possibly can to try and make weight as she does not want the fight to be canceled.
‘Karate Hottie’ not up for a catch-weight bout
Since the “Karate Hottie” would not budge into accepting a catch-weight fight, opponent Joanna Jedrzejczyk will be forced to attempt a scary weight cut in order to be able to make weight for the main event.
News about Joanna failing to make weight leaves Waterson ‘disheartened’
On hearing the news of Joanna failing to make weight, Waterson claimed that she was ‘disheartened’ as well as ‘disappointed’ and that she took this fight because she intends to go on to challenge the current UFC strawweight champion Weili Zhang for the title.
The stakes are really high as the winner of this fight is expected to move to go on to challenge the reigning women’s strawweight champion Weili Zhang, who captured the strawweight gold with a first-round devastation of Jessica Andrade back in August.
Jedrzejczyk still believes she will make the cut
Despite all the speculation around her in the media, Jedrzejczyk seems unnerved about the whole situation and remains confident that she will make weight come Friday. According to her, talks about her missing weight is premature as the UFC Tampa weigh-ins are scheduled for Friday morning, which will give her plenty of time to shed the excess weight.
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