When asked what she had taken away from her recent loss to Michelle Waterson, Karolina Kowalkiewicz had one answer: “Don’t fight with girls you like.”
According to the Polish strawweight, she and Waterson were very friendly ahead of their UFC Philadelphia bout in March, which Waterson won by decision. That made it difficult to fight “The Karate Hottie,” Kowalkiewicz said, and ultimately backfired.
“It was very hard for me, for my mind, because Michelle, she’s one of my biggest idols,” Kowalkiewicz told theScore at UFC 238 media day on Thursday ahead of her fight against Alexa Grasso.