DALLAS — It’s no secret that Jessica Andrade and UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk are more than a little familiar.
Andrade and Jedrzejczyk were friends not too long ago, having shared a manager throughout their UFC rise and having trained together numerous times. That relationship ultimately changed as Jedrzejczyk switched management teams and Andrade dropped down from bantamweight to the 115-pound division, but a friendliness between the two still exists, and it’s lent a unique dynamic to the match-up ahead of their title tilt at UFC 211.
“This has been a very unusual fight for Joanna,” Andrade said through a translator Thursday at UFC 211 open workouts, “the way that she [handled] media day and everything regarding the opponent.