The former Ksw Flw champion Karolina Kowalkiewicz entered this fight with a mma record of 10-2-0 (30% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.9 women’s strawweight in the world but she comes off two consecutive defeats, against Joanna Jędrzejczyk (=Jedrzejczyk vs Kowalkiewicz) and Claudia Gadelha (=Gadelha vs Kowalkiewicz).
Her opponent, Jodie Esquibel, has an official record of 6-2-0 (17% ko/tko victory rate – she has never won via submission) and she entered as the No.23 in the same weight class. She lost to Alexa Grasso in 2016 but she comes back to win in 2017 against DeAnna Bennett. Kowalkiewicz vs Esquibel is on the undercard of Donald Cerrone vs Darren Till – UFC Fight Night 118. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 MMA fight – Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs Jodie Esquibel – fight Video UFC FN 118
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-10-21, some good exchanges between Karolina Kowalkiewicz and Jodie Esquibel but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.