Invincible (Niezwyciężona)

What does it mean nowadays for a woman to "have balls"?

If she has the courage to speak up, to take action...

that she has courage to dream big...

And regardless of the sterotypes and adversities we step upon,

we still act to make our dreams come true.

Jedrzejczyk is on fire!

She added another title to her collection!

Joanna Jedrzejczyk dominates the 57kg category in Poland for many years.

Joanna wins her UFC debut.

It's gonna be my third fight in UFC, and I'm going to be a champion.

Joanna Jedrzejczyk is the new UFC women strawweight champion!

Nobody realised that this success would go so far

people from a small town somewhere in Poland, are number one in the world.

That is enough!

This is my gift from God.

And as the Bible tells you so, you need to nurture your talents.

Excellent fighter! Made to be a star!

Who's next?

INVINCIBLE

The older I get, the more I know, there is no emergency exit.

There is only one way to succeed and this is hard work.

Joanna is already an establish champion. She defended her title twice.

Her fans, sponsors, they are expecting even more.

We work with the fighters in corner as if we were playing a computer game.

And it works well.

It's our job to stick to the plan during the fight.

Emotions, stress can lead directly to losing the belt.

I know there's a process of building mental strength in her.

But she can handle it.

There is no need to add pieces to the puzzle

because everything works the way it should.

Hi, do me a favor, cook some green beans for me please?

It doesn't have to be now. I am on my way to my physio. I won't have time later.

A decent handful will be enough 25 grams, will be a lot right?

Simple question, how much do you weigh?

It is very important question for an athlete, that must lose 8, 9 kg.

From 60 to 52 kg. This is quite a lot.

Here she doesn't get what she deserves.

This is the said truth. In the States she would be handled with utmost care.

In Poland she is unappreciated.

I will see myself in the States

because it's a very open country with open people. So am I.

At some point I made a decision to do my next training camp over there.

To avoid the way I am being treated here.

I feel down and depressed because of my coaches.

Sometimes they see us fighters only as hard-working machine.

I live with a big inner conflict within myself.

I don't want to leave my family.

but unfortunately to keep winning and remain champion

I have to run away from here.

I am scared of horror movies, I don't watch them.

I don't know what I'm afraid of. I'm afraid of losing.

But I'm curious about how it feels,

It's been a long time since I lost in octagon

but in life I lose daily like everyone else.

I see myself how sometimes I can't run away from something.

I can't make decisions because I'm afraid of something,

although I never regret my decisions.

THIRD UFC TITLE DEFENSE

The MGM Grand in Vegas

is absolutely the Mecca of combat sport for the last 20 years.

UFC fans we'd like to welcome you to Las Vegas.

And today we will witness one of the fiercest rivalries in the game.

As Joanna Jedrzejczyk puts her...

Regardless of how much her opponent trains,

she is always going to train 10% better, 10% more.

The belt stays with me.

I get excited during the weigh-in,

stare-down moments, seeing all those fans.

Emotions are rising high and stay with me up until the fight.

I put in a lot of work to prepare myself the best

for this fight with Claudia Gadelha.

This women is a tough fighter and at the same time very sensitive.

It fascinates me that she is not ashamed of her faith in God.

This woman brings it.

She turned down TV shows opportunities, movie roles...

All she wants to be is Champion!

- As Gadelha's to a fast start. - Early knock-down for the Brazilian...

Look how strong Cláudia Gadelha is.

These are good hard shots here.

Jedrzejczyk snaping of the jab here. Nice combination able to land.

Nice elbows from the champ.

Certainly, the champion landed the most effective strikes here and now.

Can you see why the champion is undefeated?

Even while experiencing adversity tonight,

you do feel like she's in control of the fight

What a chin! A huge right!

What a title fight.

And still

the undisputed UFC strawweight Champion of the World...

There are a lot of fighters in attendance here.

They think you are so incredibly talented, they're in owe of you?

What does it mean?

I'm not. There is more better people than I, fighters...

No, you deserve all the respect that they are giving you.

They are are obviously so thrilled to be here for this championship performance.

Congratulations, Joanna, it is so deserved.

Always a pleasure to watch you inside the octagon.

Is it fair to call you now the badest women on the planet?

No Cris Cyborg, no Ronda Rousey, you're number one?

I don't know... You put me in shame. I don't know.

- Come on... You think it. - I am, I am, but...

I feel like...

- There is more badasses, you know. - I don't know about that, I really don't.

We'll see you soon. Thank you so much, there she is Joanna Jedrzejczyk,

the strawweight champion of the UFC. Tremendous stuff from her...

What a performance it was...

I want to buy myself a Mercedes when I return to Poland.

Go for vacation with my mom and dad. Live like a normal person.

I ate my donuts, so I don't have more dreams.

The most important is that everything ended well.

I want to do one or two fights and probably in 2017 finish with this sport.

For career and everything in life you need to have big distance.

I have big plans regarding myself and my family...

Do you have something white for the laundry?

I do. I am going to make a laundry for you.

I have this blue shorts.

This goes well with your white shirt.

Come on! Let's take a picture!

You are leaving? Yes. Take care. Thank you Pawel for everything.

People are praising them. It is fair, they are good trainers,

they created something big.

I understand that, they have their families other fighters...

But they should respect me more

for what I achieved for my country, for European MMA, for them, for us.

But this is not there, unfortunately.

Here is the big thing, you're in Florida, right now? Right?

Yes. I'm part of ATT

Ok how did you end up at ATT? Why did you leave your team and end up there?

This is all happening before the biggest fight, on the biggest court.

People are afraid of changes, they like to complain, I don't like to complain.

It was not easy for me to leave my gym, or my coaches or my management.

But I want to keep on going forward.

We've been in this sport for over 20 years.

To get an athlete that's good enough to get to the UFC is hard enough,

But then to get one that is in the UFC

and could be succesfull in the UFC is even harder,

But then to get someone successful in the UFC who could fight for the title

it's almost impossible to have an existing champion come to our gym to say

"Hey, I want to come to your gym..." I was like... "What?"

Mike Brown, former WEC World Champion, is my head coach.

There is Kami, responsible for my wrestling training,

and Katel, responsible for my stand-up training.

Two minutes!

You don't get an undefeated World Champion come to your gym every day.

So it's a real honor to work with an athlete like Joanna.

If you decide to move to a place thousand of km away

from from family and friends, then you facing loneliness.

I have here people I can trust, some more, some less,

but honestly you feel very lonely and this builds you up.

I will be a stronger fighter not only physically but mostly mentally.

Join the party.

Guess what, I tell you what. It's Junior's in the morning.

What?

- Junior's, in the morning? - What's that?

- The cheesecake place. - OK.

This is a list of the cheesecakes that they have.

- Holy shit. - We're in trouble.

Is this like starting 4am?

Krispy Kreme a dozen, a Dunkin Donuts blueberry muffin,

and peanut M&Ms.

- This is like between 4am and 6am. - I can't wait.

Underhooks. Just stay focused.

Underhooks, if you can.

Elbows in, elbows in. Don't let her control the hand.

It might be a little easier to put the weight up top, right?

Because when I'm down here, even though the weight of your arms,

it will be a little easier for you to put up front...

Nice.

You'll see some improvements I think for this fight.

Mike Brown Former WEC World Champion

But in the the next one is where you really start seeing I think bigger games.

She's only have been here 6 weeks or 5 weeks something like this.

So you don't want to change too much

especially when an athlete is getting ready for a fight.

FOURTH UFC TITLE DEFENSE

I guess if you're not in the business you don't understand.

Nothing is planned but of course they want to put up on a show, a little bit.

Especially Connor is realising the more crazy he gets, the more fans he gets.

I love the attitude.

She's a fighter and she shows it. It's not forced, is 100% real.

She's mentally tough and she isn't afraid of confrontation.

She doesn't want it to be friendly between her enemy and her.

That's the fight you wanna see. That's the fight that everybody wants to see.

That's the fight, people will pay big money to see.

But I told her the truth, that she's a dirty bitch. That's all.

- Yeah, they had words... - You were right.

I mean every fighter will appreciate it.

- Most fans will appreciate it. - I'm honest about this.

Everybody thinks that the job is just the fight night.

No, the job is: the training camp, it's the everyday what you eat,

it's the wakening up, it's the going to bed,

it's training when you don't feel well

it's missing your family, not being home...

Missing anniversaries, birthdays, holidays, and doing all the media.

That is the job. It's crazy. It's absolutely crazy.

To have to schedule training for somebody at midnight,

because that's the first free chance...

40 seconds, champion!

24 hours ahead of the fight, I cut down around 4 kilos.