After starring in a Saturday matinee, "The Texas Women's Chainsaw Massacre," and becoming a name who may in the future be the bane of future spelling bee participants, UFC's strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk established herself as someone who should by all rights be one of the sport's biggest stars.
Jedrzejczyk's stand-up skills that turned Jessica Penne into a slasher movie victim appear light years ahead of the rest of her division. Her unique charm and charisma outside the cage look to be a godsend for the UFC in the European market.
The continent hadn't produced a UFC champion since Tim Sylvia ended Andrei Arlovski's heavyweight title run in 2006, a period before UFC had much of any exposure in that part of the world.