FORMER UFC champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk has blamed recent defeats in the octagon on her fiance “cheating” on her and drastic weight cuts.

The ex-strawweight queen lost her 14-fight unbeaten stretch in 2017 to Rose Namajunas and was beaten in the immediate rematch before losing to Valentina Shevchenko a year later.

But speaking on the UFC Unfiltered show, Jedrzejczyk alleges her former partner Przemysław Buta was unfaithful to her, causing a dip in form in the cage.

The 32-year-old Pole also revealed her drastic weight cut to 115lbs affected her performances.

Jedrzejczyk explained: “People in Poland know more, but people in the States and worldwide, they don’t know much about my private life.

“The last two years were pretty difficult for me.

"It was a rough time, and I feel like 2019 is a special year, so I can’t wait for 2020.

“I broke up with my fiance, and we broke up before my first fight with Rose Namajunas, and this terrible weight cut happened, and I broke up again.

“This year I found out that my [previous Polish] manager messed up my money, and then I found out that my fiance was cheating on me.

“That girl called me; I think that she was afraid that I was going to beat her up so badly, but I was like, ‘No, I’m kidding.’

"I just want to show to people and tell people that there’s always something going on in our lives.

“It doesn’t matter who you are. If your private life is not going in the right direction, you’re not going to be successful in the sport, or in the business.”

Despite Jedrzejczyk’s struggle to make the strawweight limit, this year she returned to the division she reigned from 2015-2017.

After beating Michelle Waterson, and the weight cut, in October, the former world champion kickboxer - who last year sparked boob job rumours - set up a title fight with champion Weili Zhang at UFC 248 in March.

Jedrzejczyk said: “This year was amazing, and I cannot wait for that coming 2020. Now I feel free. I feel me, I feel Joanna again. I’m more smart, I’m more experienced.

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“Maybe s***ty things happened in my life, but it has to happen somehow. I’m happy.

“I know what life is about now. When I turned 30, I thought I knew a lot and I had experienced a lot.

“I was broken in my life, so dedicated to the sport, losing my mind into the sport, working so hard. But that’s the difference – I’m happy now.”

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