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Joanna Jedrzejczyk says she’s leaving nutrition team after ‘unforgivable’ weight-cut mistakes before UFC 217

Joanna Jedrzejczyk is citing a terrible weight cut for her loss to Rose Namajunas at UFC 217.

The former UFC women's strawweight champion said in a video interview with Przemysu0142aw Osiak of Przeglad Sportowy in her native Poland that she had to cut about 16 pounds in 14 hours — and the botch has led her to split with her nutrition team, Perfecting Athletes.

“It was an accident what happened,” Jedrzejczyk said, translated from Polish. “I know that I should have won the match, and I know that I could have won the match.