Former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk has been candid about her struggles making the 115-pound limit. One notable weight cut that stuck to her was for her UFC 217 title fight against Rose Namajunas, where she revealed she had to lose 15 pounds in 14 hours.
These struggles had urged her to move up to the newly established women’s flyweight division, where she fought for the vacant title on Saturday against Valentina Shevchenko. She did end up losing via unanimous decision, but this time around, the 31-year-old Polish fighter is putting her health and well-being at the top of her priority list, more than anything else.