Joanna Jedrzejczyk Unhappy With The Way She’s Portrayed On TUF 23
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is set to fight Claudia Gadelha in a women’s strawweight title bout at the TUF 23 Finale, and they are also coaching against each other on the current season of the Ultimate Fighter, which airs on FOX Sports 1.
Jedrzejczyk spoke with Steve Cofield and RJ Clifford on their show SiriusXM Fight Club on Thursday about the show and how she did not like the way she was portrayed on the show.
“I don’t watch TUF. I don’t watch it because I don’t like how they show me… I know the stories, I know the things which happened so I’m not watching because what I saw in the first two episodes I wasn’t happy with that so I’m not watching this.”
“I heard every day that I’m a very good coach, that I’m a very good partner for my teammates and for my fighters but they show on TV that I’m a bad person but I’m not. So that’s why I’m not watching this. I’m focused on my preparations for my upcoming fight with Claudia Gadhela and I just want to make sure that I’m gonna be at 100 percent and you’re gonna hear ‘and still’ on July 8th.”
Jedrzejczyk explained that she is not going to back down from anyone but wants everyone to know that she is a nice person and takes except to the way she was shown on the show.
“The second episode or the third [episode] I saw that I was jumping to one of Claudia’s coaches but the story was different. They started the fight. I’m the champ. I became the champion a long time ago. You know I’ve been working so hard for my title and I cannot let Claudia or someone from her team jump to me. You know what I mean. They cannot push me, they cannot yell at me. I’m kind of tough girl and they cannot just play with me. When you’re nice to me, I’m nice to you; but when you are not nice, I’m even worse.
“People just see tense situations in the TUF program. They can see that I am bully but it wasn’t like that. Don’t trust everything you see on TV.”
You can listen to the interview here:
The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale will take place on July 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will air on FOX Sports 1.
