Doctors flip-flopped over her medical status, but today UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk finally went under the knife to repair damage on her injured thumb.

Jedrzejczyk (10-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) dominated Jessica Penne (12-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC) in the UFC Fight Night 69 main event at O2 World Berlin in Germany’s capital city this past month. But she suffered a broken right thumb during her third-round TKO victory.

FOX Sports 1’s “UFC Tonight” reported soon after the fight that Jedrzejczyk would undergo surgery in Los Angeles. However, the Polish titleholder later revealed via her official <a href=" That declaration was premature, though. Today, Jedrzejczyk <a href=" Jedrzejczyk notched her first title defense at UFC Fight Night 69 in Berlin, which was the first title fight streamed on UFC Fight Pass (watch the Jedrzejczyk vs. Penne video highlights). She won the belt in March with a dominant second-round TKO of inaugural champion Carla Esparza in the UFC 181 co-main event in Dallas.

After her win, Jedrzejczyk, who aims to be the “Ronda Rousey of strawweight,” told MMAjunkie in Berlin she planned to take some time off before a return to the cage at year’s end. She’ll get that time, but unfortunately it came under surgery-induced circumstances.

For more on UFC Fight Night 69, check out the UFC Events section of the site.