Video: Former UFC champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk carried the Olympic torch in Poland

For athletes, few honors compare to the carrying of an Olympic torch.

And that rings true for former UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

The 30-year-old Polish fighter carried the torch – part of each nation’s traditional torch relay – this weekend in her native country ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics, which take place Feb. 9-25 in Pyeongchang County, South Korea.

Jedrzejczyk (14-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC), who’s No. 2 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA women’s strawweight rankings, won her first eight UFC fights after joining the UFC in 2014. She moved to 14-0 overall with five straight title defenses before a TKO loss to Rose Namajunas (which was named MMAjunkie’s “2017 Upset of the Year“).

For one day, though, Jedrzejczyk’s focus was on the Olympics, not MMA.

As she wrote (via Instagram):

For POLAND???? For the @ufc Family??? For all of YOU?? ??#OlympicTorchRelay ???? @pyeongchang2018 ????#joannajedrzejczyk #JJ #Korea #OlympicTorch #OlympicFlame

A post shared by Joanna Jedrzejczyk (@joannajedrzejczyk) on Jan 7, 2018 at 6:19pm PST

“For POLAND????
For the @ufc Family???
For all of YOU?? ??#OlympicTorchRelay”

Here’s more (via Twitter):

My juz po wszystkim?? Ale emocjeeeee z super ekipa?? | We did it?? Beautiful emotions with and amazing people?? ????#joannajedrzejczyk #OlympicTorchRelay #peyeongchang2018 #Polska #PolishTeam #olympictorch #JJ

A post shared by Joanna Jedrzejczyk (@joannajedrzejczyk) on Jan 7, 2018 at 7:44pm PST

I ?? KOREA?? ?? @pyeongchang2018 ????#joannajedrzejczyk #JJ #KOREA #OlympicTorchRelay #winterolympics #pyeongchang2018 #kiss #mascot

A post shared by Joanna Jedrzejczyk (@joannajedrzejczyk) on Jan 8, 2018 at 4:40am PST

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