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Claudia Gadelha issues statement following tough loss to Jessica Andrade
Former UFC strawweight title challenger Claudia Gadelha went to war with fellow Brazilian standout Jessica Andrade in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 117 last night in Japan. Unfortunately for fans of Gadelha, after a terrific opening few minutes from Claudia, the tide turned in favor of Jessica Andrade in rounds two and three. […]
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Pros react to Jessica Andrade’s impressive victory over Claudia Gadelha
Former UFC strawweight title challengers Jessica Andrade and Claudia Gadelha squared off in the co-main event of last night’s UFC Fight Night 117 card in Japan. The scrap ended up stealing the show as Andrade and Gadelha engaged in a bloody war that lasted the full fifteen minutes. Claudia Gadelha got off to a quick […]
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UFC Fight Night 117 Results: Jessica Andrade defeats Claudia Gadelha (Highlights)
A key strawweight scrap between former title challengers Jessica Andrade and Claudia Gadelha served as the co-main event of tonight’s UFC Fight Night 117 fight card in Japan. Round one begins and Gadelha throws a front kick to get things started. Jessica presses forward but Claudia catches her with a nice left hook. Both women […]
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Claudia Gadelha challenges Jessica Andrade, Andrade responds
It has now been almost two months since top strawweight contender Claudia Gadelha’s last fight: a first-round submission of another top-ranked fighter in Karolina Kowalkiewicz back at UFC 212. Apparently, she’s getting eager to get back in there. On Monday, Gadelha took to Instagram to call out a fellow Brazilian contender in Jessica Andrade, who recently […]
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Claudia Gadelha: After UFC 212 win, “I consider myself the best fighter in the division”
Over the weekend, in the co-main event of UFC 212, number-one-ranked strawweight Claudia Gadelha submitted a fellow former title challenger in Karolina Kowalkiewicz in the first round. In doing so, Gadelha reaffirmed her status as the best strawweight alive outside of the champion, Joanna Jedrzejczyk. If you ask Gadelha, however, she’s the best strawweight alive, […]
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Classy Claudia Gadelha issues statement after blowout UFC 212 defeat of Karolina Kowalkiewicz
On Saturday night, in the co-main event of UFC 212, we watched Claudia Gadelha and Karolina Kowalkiewicz – the strawweight division’s number one and two ranked fighters – collide in what looked like it could be a number-one contender fight. From the early vantage point, this one seemed to have all the makings of a […]
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Pros react to Claudia Gadelha vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
Last night in the co-main event of UFC 212, formertitle challengers Claudia Gadelha and Karolina Kowalkiewicz squared off in a key women’s strawweight scrap. Gadelha was able to get Karolina down early in round one and quickly took the back of her Polish opponent. From there, the Brazilian locked in her hooks and then secured […]
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UFC 212 Results: Claudia Gadelha submits Karolina Kowalkiewicz
UFC 212 Results: Claudia Gadelha vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz A key women’s strawweight scrap between former title challengers Claudia Gadelha and Karolina Kowalkiewicz served as the co-main event of tonight’s UFC 212 event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Round one begins and Karolina starts off quickly immediately pressuring Claudia. She lands a right hand. Gadelha returns […]
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VIDEO | UFC 212 Embedded Episode 5: Claudia Gadelha explains her ‘pigeon ass’ phenomenon
UFC 212 is just a day away from taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The pay-per-view card will be headlined by Brazil’s UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo who will be taking on interim champion Max Holloway in a title unification bout. The co-main event will feature top-ranked UFC women’s strawweights Claudia Gadelha and Karolina […]
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Jessica Aguilar hopes for future rematch with Gadelha: she couldn’t finish me when I had a broken foot
Back in August of 2015, former World Series of Fighting strawweight champion Jessica Aguilar made her long-awaited debut in the UFC’s Octagon. Her opponent in this Octagon debut was top ranked contender Claudia Gadelha. Regrettably for Aguilar and her fans, Gadelha came out on top that night, capturing a hard-fought unanimous decision win. Almost two […]
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Claudia Gadelha eyeing finish of Karolina Kowalkiewicz
Claudia Gadelha may be one of the most dominant women’s strawweights on the planet, however with two losses to Joanna Jedrzejczyk on her record, the top ranked straweweight knows a trilogy fight with the champ may never happen. With that being said, ahead of her UFC 212 scrap with Karolina Kowalkiewicz on June 3rd, Gadelha […]
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BREAKING! Claudia Gadelha vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz strawweight bout is official
Earlier this month, reports of a planned strawweight bout between former title challengers Claudia Gadelha and Karolina Kowalkiewicz began to surface. While we knew this was a fight both women wanted, however, it was not known for sure if they would actually fight. Now, it’s official. On Monday morning, the UFC announced that this key […]
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Report: Claudia Gadelha vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz strawweight bout in the works
Earlier this month, recent strawweight title challenger Karolina Kowalkiewicz made a smart callout of another recent title challenger in Brazil’s Claudia Gadelha. According to our own Chris Taylor, the Polish fighter could well get her wish. https://twitter.com/ctaylor_96/status/831184009703088128 Though we know this bout is in the works for sometime in the spring, an exact date and location […]
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Karolina Kowalkiewicz wants a fight with Claudia Gadelha
Karolina Kowalkiewicz entered her UFC 205 title fight with strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk with a perfect, 10-0 record and a good deal of hype behind her. Yet while she was able to put up a good fight against the champ – even dropping her on one occasion – she ultimately came up short, losing a […]
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Beef! Claudia Gadelha and Carla Esparza bash each other on social media
It’s no secret that former strawweight champion Carla Esparza and former strawweight title challenger Claudia Gadelha aren’t big fans of one another. Having been scheduled to fight to no avail several times in the past, the two talented fighters have plenty of unfinished business, and probably won’t stop beefing till they get their hands on […]
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CABMMA defends Cortney Casey following backlash over reaction to controversial kick
This past weekend during the main card of ‘UFC Fight Night: Sao Paulo’ top ranked women’s strawweight fighters Claudia Gadelha and Cortney Casey stepped into the Octagon in a highly anticipated showdown. For Casey, the fight was an opportunity to extend her win streak to 3, as she hoped to pick up a win over […]
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CABMMA explains why Claudia Gadelha wasn’t deducted point for controversial kick
This past weekend on the main card of ‘UFC Fight Night: Sao Paulo’ on Fox Sports 1, top ranked women’s strawweight Claudia Gadelha stepped into the Octagon against Cortney Casey for a highly anticipated strawweight showdown. For Gadelha, the bout was a chance for her to return to the win column after dropping a unanimous […]
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Claudia Gadelha opens up on departure from Nova Uniao
Back in July, top ranked women’s strawweight Claudia Gadelha stepped into the Octagon in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Claudia’ finale for a highly anticipated rematch with strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Gadelha came out strong in the opening rounds, landing several big punches to Jedrzejczyk as the champ continued […]
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Claudia Gadelha Has Her Next Fight Lined Up
In late 2014, Brazil’s Claudia Gadelha lost a hotly debated split decision to Poland’s Joanna Jedrzejczyk. In July of this year, the two women went at it again, this time with Jedrzejczyk’s well-guarded strawweight title on the line. While Gadelha started strong in this rematch, she ultimately faded down the stretch, and surrendered another decision loss […]
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Claudia Gadelha leaves Nova Uniao after dispute with head coach
On the heels of Claudia Gadelha’s unanimous decision loss to reigning strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the beginning of July, top ranked women’s strawweight Claudia Gadelha has parted ways with her longtime gym at Nova Uniao. While details are pretty scarce at the present time, BloodyElbow is reporting that Gadelha and Nova Uniao head coach […]
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Claudia Gadelha on Joanna Jedrzejczyk rivalry: “It’s not done”
Friday night in the main event of the TUF 23 Finale, Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Claudia Gadelha had their highly anticipated rematch, this time for the UFC women’s strawweight championship. Jedrzejczyk was able to weather the early storm from Gadelha, and ultimately win via unanimous decision, retaining her strawweight championship in the process. Following the bout, […]
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Claudia Gadelha’s message to fans following loss to Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Friday evening in the main event of the TUF 23 Finale, Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Claudia Gadelha had their highly anticipated grudge match for the women’s strawweight title. Gadelha came out of the gate strong, putting the pressure on the champ through the first two rounds. Ultimately however, Jedrzejczyk’s cardio and striking throughout the second half […]
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Claudia Gadelha and Bethe Correia want fans to stop sending d*ck pics
Many of the women on the UFC’s roster are incredibly beautiful, leading fight fans to send them messages through various social media outlets. According to UFC women’s strawweight title contender Claudia Gadelha, who faces Joanna Jedrzejczyk Friday evening in the main event of ‘UFC Fight Night: 91’, many of those messages are inappropriate and/or obnoxious! […]
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Claudia Gadelha predicts Joanna Jedrzejczyk will use illegal shots in rematch
This week, Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Claudia Gadelha will have their highly anticipated rematch, this time for the UFC women’s strawweight championship. The pair’s first fight, which was arguably one of the closest fights in UFC history, took place back in 2014 and saw Jedrzejczyk win via split decision. Since then, Jedrzejczyk has gone on to […]
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VIDEO | Joe Rogan previews Jedrzejczyk vs. Gadelha 2
Bitter rivals Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Claudia Gadelha will rematch for the UFC strawweight title on July 8 in Las Vegas. The coaches of “The Ultimate Fighter” first met in late 2014, with Joanna earning a razor close split-decision victory over the Brazilian. Watch as UFC commentator Joe Rogan previews the main event for “The Ultimate […]
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PHOTO | Claudia Gadelha looking absolutely shredded
With under a month to go until Claudia Gadelha fights Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the UFC women’s strawweight championship, the challenger is looking absolutely shredded! Gadelha will be looking to avenge her 2014 loss to Jedrzejczyk, which remains her only professional mixed martial arts loss to date. The pair have continued their heated rivalry on the […]
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Claudia Gadelha details what happened in off-camera fight with Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Strawweight rivals Claudia Gadelha and Joanna Jedrzejczyk have been in each other’s faces for the entire season of TUF 23. The two are set to rematch, this time for Jedrzejczyk’s UFC strawweight title after the two fought to a split-decision back in 2014, with Jedrzejczyk walking out with the victory. During the filming of this […]
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Will Claudia Gadelha become your #WCW UFC champion?
UFC strawweight Claudia Gadelha’s only loss in her professional mixed martial arts career was from her fight against Joanna Jedrzejczyk back in 2014. Their fight was a close one with Jedrzejczyk walking out with the win after being awarded the split-decision victory that many argue could have gone either way. Gadelha and Jedrzejczyk’s rivalry continues […]