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Danny Segura and MMA Junkie Radio

Jessica-Rose Clark enjoying freedom as a free agent, plans to focus on striking, not MMA

It appears former UFC women’s bantamweight Jessica-Rose Clark is done with MMA.

Now out of the leading MMA promotion, Clark wants to divert her focus on the striking arts. Clark didn’t say she’s retired from MMA, but at this point in her fighting career, it’s not something she wants to do.

“Now that I’m not wrestling and doing Muay Thai, I feel like I’m able to train at a much higher level and intensity now that I’m just doing striking sports than when I was doing just MMA,” Clark told MMA Junkie Radio. “MMA was just beating up my body so much, and I was just struggling every day. I think if I stick to striking, I have a couple of years left in me, but that’s also why I didn’t want to sign and commit to a promotion long-term. I don’t know how long I want to fight for.”

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