DALLAS -- Joanna Jedrzejczyk recorded her fifth UFC title defense Saturday, inside the same building in which she won the belt two years ago.
Jedrzejczyk's performance was nothing short of masterful, as the Polish titleholder cruised to a unanimous decision over the heavy-hitting Jessica Andrade. The 115-pound title fight co-headlined UFC 211, inside American Airlines Center.
In 2015, Jedrzejczyk (14-0) surprised many with a dominant title win over Carla Esparza in Dallas. Two years later, Jedrzejczyk's lopsided victories have become the norm.
"There is only one strawweight champion of the world: Joanna Jedrzejczyk of Poland. Remember that," Jedrzejczyk said. "No one is taking this belt from me. Nobody."
Andrade (16-6), a former bantamweight who came into Saturday on a three-fight winning streak, was at a loss technically against Jedrzejczyk.
Originally from Poland but fighting out of South Florida, Jedrzejczyk worked over Andrade's legs with kicks from the opening bell. By the third round, those kicks had a noticeable effect on Andrade, who started to switch stances to hide her lead left leg.
Andrade, 25, continued to blitz forward with flurries and even had some success doing so in the final round, but Jedrzejczyk easily sidestepped most of her advances. She also prevented Andrade from getting the fight to the floor, even though Andrade was able to lift her completely off the ground in throw attempts multiple times.
In addition to the leg kicks, Jedrzejczyk's jab was a frequent weapon, occasionally followed by the straight right. She did suffer a large welt on her forehead in the opening round, but it never seemed to bother her.
The closest Jedrzejczyk came to a finish was probably in the fourth round, when she landed a left head kick that appeared to rattle Andrade momentarily. Andrade, however, quickly regained her footing.
According to Fightmetric, Jedrzejczyk landed 215 total strikes compared with 74 for Andrade.
After the loss, her first since 2015, Andrade proposed to her longtime girlfriend from inside the Octagon.
Jedrzejczyk's next challenge is probably Rose Namajunas (6-3), a former title challenger who is coming off an electric submission win over Michelle Waterson in April. Jedrzejczyk has also expressed interest in moving up to the UFC's newly announced 125-pound division, but isn't likely to do so until 2018.
Reigning UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor congratulated Jedrzejczyk in a tweet later Saturday, calling her a "ferocious fighter."
That is one ferocious female fighter.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) May 14, 2017
Lethal with every limb, and from every angle.
A truly amazing fighter.
Congrats @joannamma!