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Joanna Jedrzejczyk details bad weight cut that had her in ‘critical state’ prior to UFC 217

Related Topics: UFC 217, Weight cutting

Joanna Jedrzejczyk believes she lost the UFC strawweight title last month because of weight-cutting issues caused by her nutritionists.

Jedrzejczyk said in an Polish interview with Przemysu0142aw Osiak of Przeglad Sportowy that she had to cut about 16 pounds in 14 hours — a large amount of weight in little time, especially for a 115-pound fighter — ahead of her UFC 217 bout against Rose Namajunas. The former champion confirmed that she has since parted ways with her nutrition team, Perfecting Athletes, due to the weight-cutting errors it supposedly made.