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Justin Gaethje: Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s weight-cutting ‘excuse’ isn’t why she lost — and it’s going to happen again

In the months since UFC 217, former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk has attributed at least a portion of the blame for her stunning loss to Rose Namajunas on a weight cut terribly gone wrong.

Jedrzejczyk said that she experienced numbness in her legs on fight day after losing 15 pounds in 14 hours in a botched weight cut led by her former nutritionist team, Perfecting Athletes. Jedrzejczyk ultimately cut ties with Perfecting Athletes a month after losing her title via first-round knockout at the hands of Namajunas at UFC 217.