Former UFC strawweight champion Joann Jedrzejczyk faced a tough loss at UFC 217. Formerly undefeated, the dominant strawweight champion suffered the end of her title reign as Rose Namajunas earned a TKO victory over the fighter in the first round. Following the loss, Jedrzejczyk would go on to fire her nutritionist team Perfecting Athletes. With that in mind Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s strength and conditioning coach, Phil Daru, has decided to come forward and reveal some details about the nutritionist team’s approach leading into UFC 217.
Taking to Instagram, Daru let his thoughts on the Perfecting Athletes be known. For one, the coach revealed that Joanna Jedrzejczyk was eating pretzels and hummus as a post-workout meal under their regiment.
“I do my best to stifle negative comments about fightsport colleagues, but, Joanna is one of my favorite fighters. Yet respect to Rose, she is a great fighter & wonderful young woman. Joanna’s skill is superb, conditioning elite as her S&C coach is amongst the best in MMA, if not the best @darustrong.
“Amongst her skill, Joanna is known for her chin & resiliency so last fight was completely inconsistent with her career (I know anyone can knock out anyone, it’s a fight) I understand fully Joanna became champ with this very weightcut team so I get why blame PA now? Obviously, adjustments need be made as a fighter ages, there are potential metabolic adaptive effects over years of cuts, & fighters like Joanna are so skilled, in such great shape, & so tough, they override shit cuts most of their career.
“My experience with this weightcut team started on a phone call in which I was belittled & talk down to for an hour, condemnation towards my training & nutritional protocols, particularly my supplement protocol as whey protein, creatine, essential aminos, & even beta-alanine, were considered deleterious to fight performance & inconsistent with their -Holistic Approach- which includes God Dam hummus & pretzels as a valid post-training meal!
“The result of these holistic practices was a solid camp ending with my fighter in the cage 12Ibs light & unsuccessful title defense, which to this day, I attribute the lost to the absolute worst rehydration protocol I have seen in 2O yrs of full-time MMA practice. Actually, it was quite impressive as i have never seen an athlete’s Biomotor & Cognitive abilities destroyed so well in only 24 hrs.
“I wish the best for Rose in her title defenses, but will certainly pull diligently for Joanna to get her Belt Back & hope she remodels her metabolism & again achieves optimal fight performance. I’ think it best she is no longer with PA team. To PA Team, my words, treat your peers with decency, & STAY THE F$CK OUT OF OUR WAY SHOULD I or PHIL DARU have the misfortune of having to collaborate with your arrogance again.”
Check out the full statement on Joanna Jedrzejczyk below.
