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Joanna Jedrzejczyk: No problem sharing nutritionist with Max Holloway on UFC 223 fight week
Former UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk is splitting a nutritionist with Max Holloway, but she insists her weight cut for UFC 223 will pass without incident.
Jedrzejczyk (14-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) said she cooked all of her own meals during fight camp for her rematch with champ Rose Namajunas (7-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC), then hired longtime MMA nutritionist George Lockhart to put the final touches on her weight cut.
“I got my weight super low by myself,” Jedrzejczyk today told MMAjunkie. “After I started working with George, it moved down a little bit, but I’m still healthy. I feel strong physically and mentally.”
Lockhart is also working with Holloway for a weight cut he said ties the biggest of his career. Holloway (19-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) is stepping in for an injured Tony Ferguson (23-3 MMA, 13-1 UFC) to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov (23-3 MMA, 13-1 UFC) for the undisputed lightweight title in the headliner of Saturday’s pay-per-view event at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Jedrzejczyk is aware of the dual commitments but said everything she needs from Lockhart has already been dialed in.
“I have trust in him and his knowledge, and I believe in his team,” she said. “George is here for me, and he’s shown me this. That’s fine. He knows what he has to do.”
Jedrzejczyk made headlines – and drew criticism from fellow fighters – after she revealed she cut 15 pounds in 14 hours for her first fight with Namajunas, which took place this past November at UFC 217.
In a series of interviews, Jedrzejczyk blamed her loss on the weight cut and fired her nutritionists. One former opponent accused her of fabricating a reason for her loss.
This past week, Jedrzejczyk posted on social media that she was less than eight pounds from her target of 115 pounds. The former champ is adamant she’s on the right path. This time around, she said there are no extra hurdles to clear.
“It will be easier, because my weight went up for no reason last time, and this time, there is not going to be a mistake made,” she said. “My weight is already low. So I believe the weight cut is going to be small and easy.”
For more on UFC 223, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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