[crowd chatter]
[crowd singing]
>> Jan Blachowicz
sending me message.
He wants me to bring this
belt back home to Poland,
and I will do that, Jan, no?
[bell dings]
>> Brian: How many
interviews you got today?
>> Joanna: Only 9.
>> And then right to Vegas?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay, we're all set.
>> Okay, here we go.
Three, two, one.
The greatest strawweight
fighter in UFC history is back.
Joanna Jedrzejczyk.
>> Joanna: I'm here, happy
and ready to rock and roll,
take over the world again.
I always wanted to face the
best, and I am facing the best.
She's my next big challenge.
She throws loopy, crispy,
very powerful punches.
So, I will have to be
very smart in this fight.
It's been awhile!
>> Hey, how are you?
>> Good.
>> The champ is here.
>> Ebro in the Morning,
beautiful Laura Stylez,
Rosenberg, and give it
up for Joanna Champion,
also known as
Joanna Jedrzejczyk.
>> Joanna: That was good.
>> Jedrzejczyk.
>> Hey, respect, man.
I told you you were
going to catch it
at the end of
the week, you know.
After a week, I bet.
>> Ebro: I kept trying.
I kept trying.
>> What do you think
about the headline,
there was an article
in Heavy this week.
"Joanna's legacy is on
the line at UFC 248."
Do you believe that your
legacy could be on the line.
>> This victory on Saturday
is going to test and it's
going to be worth more than
all of my victories, you know.
I was 6 times World
Muay Thai champion,
5 times European
Muay Thai champion.
I held the UFC strawweight belt.
I'm the winner already.
Step in the octagon,
I'm the winner already.
I cement my legacy.
Hi, guys.
>> How do you feel
about her entire rise
where the title progression--
>> Joanna: Yeah, she
made it to the top.
No, she made it.
She surprised the world
in the fight with
Jessica Andrade in August.
It's her first title defense
and she has to face me on
Saturday and I feel like she--
I don't wanna take
anything from her
because I respect her so much.
She's very dangerous fighter,
but she hasn't
faced someone like me.
Face-off?
Come on, let's face off.
>> Yeah.
That was super intimidating.
I didn't even like doing it.
I didn't even like pretending.
>> I appreciate you;
One more time.
>> You too, thank you so much.
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>> Israel: Oh, yeah,
with your season.
Was your season on the air?
There he is. There he is.
Did you sign it?
>> Yeah, here.
[laughing]
>> Do that.
He does it.
>> It's cringy.
>> I see.
[laughing]
>> That's cold.
Look at that.
Look at that.
Oh, I remember
watching TUF from 2005,
if I remember, on Sky One,
way back in the day.
I remember watching
the Forrest Griffin vs
Stephan Bonnar fight.
I watched this. I watched this.
I watched this.
Nice, quiet work space.
First official workout in Vegas.
Get some serious work done now.
Serious work.
Mm, smells like winning.
>> Kai: Being here is so
inspiring just watching Israel
and seeing, you know,
the lead up,
the journey to get to UFC
Fight Week here in Vegas.
We're coming off UFC Auckland.
Me, Brad, and Dan defended
our homeland and we're just
gonna continue with that
momentum here in Las Vegas.
[radio playing]
>> Eugene: People need
to understand, like,
when you see your
teammates deliver like that,
it pushes you, like,
mentally and physically,
to wanna achieve the same
as what they've done,
so, we're just gonna bank that
and continue it into UFC 248.
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>> Yeah, today was a good day.
Cheers. Let's go!
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[crowd chatter]
>> Take the tour.
>> Hat.
>> Hat.
>> Hat.
>> Hand.
Hat, hand.
I like these gloves.
Boom.
Boom.
Very power.
Dangerous.
>> China strong.
>> China strong.
>> You have one of the top 5
fastest knockouts
in UFC history.
How quickly will it
take you to knock her out
on Saturday night?
>> Hi.
>> How are you?
>> Good.
>> Hello.
Hello. Hello. Hello.
>> Oh, ni hao.
>> Weili:
>> What's up, guys?
You good?
You good, because
I'm feeling great.
It's Fight Week.
[crowd chatter]
>> How about your gloves.
Do you wanna try your gloves on?
>> Very good.
Gosh, I wanna talk to you guys.
I have very good
energy, you know.
I was tired yesterday.
I had 9 interviews in New York.
Long flight from
New York to Vegas
and I was already really tired,
but I woke up refreshed.
Hit some training
in the morning,
one more in the evening.
We did great. Great.
And new.
It's good.
>> It's been over 16 months
since I've had a fight week,
so just being here,
being in the atmosphere,
being here for Fight Week,
just kinda super anxious to
get in there and do what I do.
The time off actually
helped me in some strange way.
It really allowed my coach
and I to sit down
and address some
weaknesses and flaws
that we wouldn't have
time to address otherwise,
so, though I wasn't
looking for the time off,
I think it actually
benefited me a little bit.
>> Li:
>> Good, just do one
looking at my fist.
Crossing.
>> How quickly in
this matchup started at?
>> Israel: It's up to him.
I visualize the sequence
of how I finish him
in so many different ways.
I could just be driving, I could
be present, I'll be lucid,
but in my head, I'm pounding
Yoel Romero in the face.
And I know that he's not gonna
be pushing me the whole time.
He's gonna be
waiting there, gassing,
and then explode, explode.
Then push a little bit,
then relax, relax.
And for me, I'm gonna
scramble him up top
before I scramble
everything outside.
>> Yoel:
[laughing]
>> Yoel:
>> Two, three.
[roaring]
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