TORONTO – UFC strawweight contender Valerie Letourneau has no problem with champion and former opponent Joanna Jedrzejczyk joining her gym, American Top Team.

Letourneau (8-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC), who unsuccessfully challenged champ Jedrzejczyk (13-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) for the 115-pound title at UFC 193 in November 2015, fights UFC newcomer Viviane Pereira (11-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) on Saturday at UFC 206. After that, she intends on making a return to the title mix, but she said the champ of her weight class joining the Florida-based training camp won’t dampen her goals.

“I’m really not a jealous person in any way,” Letourneau told MMAjunkie. “Our fight is behind us, we have respect for each other, and I want to train with the best. For me, it’s never been an issue. It would have been an issue if I knew I was going to fight her next or second fight, but that’s not where I’m at right now. I like having her. It’s motivating to see her train.”

UFC 206 takes place at Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Letourneau vs. Pereira airs on the FS1-televised prelims following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass and prior to the pay-per-view main card.

Jedrzejczyk has been nothing short of dominant since she captured the strawweight title in March 2015. Letourneau took the Polish champion the distance in their fight, and while she would certainly like another opportunity, she’s knows UFC gold is not currently within her reach.

Letourneau said she would rematch Jedrzejczyk only if the belt was on the line, but when thinking about future title aspirations, she’s hoping the UFC will eventually add a 125-pound flyweight division so she can chase a title there.

“I’m not thinking of who holds the belt; I’m thinking of the belt,” Letourneau said. “Maybe she’s not going to hold that belt in two, three (fights). Who knows? To me, it’s one fight at a time. I’m not thinking, ‘Am I going to fight her?’ I would fight her, but that’s the only way I’m going to fight someone from my gym is if it’s for the belt. I would never fight my teammate otherwise, but I’m also hoping they open the 125 division, and this is something I have in mind – to fight at 125.”

The reason Letourneau mentions a 125-pound division is twofold. Her most recent fight, a third-round TKO loss to Joanne Calderwood at UFC Fight Night 89 in June, came at flyweight. She had hoped to continue fighting there, but the UFC has yet to commit to formally adding the weight class. Letourneau desperately wants it to happen since her cut down to the 115-pound strawweight division is brutal.

“I always said, ‘I hope I’m never going to have to do it again,’ but I never said I was not going to (cut to 115) again,” Letourneau said. “I was hoping we were going to open a 125 division and 115 was behind me, but there’s now doubt for me. I’m way too small for 135. I’m not going to be the dummy for the 135ers. I want to compete with the top fighters, and I don’t see myself as a competitive fighter. Yes, I’m hurting my body at 115, but fighting girls that are a lot heavier than you – the hard punches that you take – so during the fight, it’s not much more healthy for you.”

Talk of title belts is nice, but Letourneau knows she won’t be in the championship picture in any weight class if she can’t get past young and unproven fighter like Pereira. Letourneau said she wasn’t very excited about the matchup when it was offered, but considering she’s dropped her past two fights, she said complaining wasn’t an option. First, she said, she needs to get back on the winning track to get more big fights.

“I was disappointed, of course, when I got the name,” Letourneau said. “At the same time, my last performance was so bad to me. It’s a shame for me. My last fight is the worst fight I did in the UFC so far. Not just the fact that I lost the fight, but it’s the way I fought. I’m not in a position now to say, ‘I don’t want to fight this. I don’t want to fight that.’ I just got to put on a show and then go back to my top-five position.”

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