{"id":453123,"date":"2022-07-14T07:07:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T14:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=453123"},"modified":"2022-07-14T07:07:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T14:07:30","slug":"jessica-andrade-claims-ufc-champion-carla-esparza-blocked-her-on-social-media-after-she-requested-a-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jessica-andrade-claims-ufc-champion-carla-esparza-blocked-her-on-social-media-after-she-requested-a-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Andrade claims UFC champion Carla Esparza blocked her on social media after she requested a fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Andrade has claimed Carla Esparza blocked her on social media after she asked to fight her for the title.<\/p>\n<p>While she may be moving back up to flyweight for a showdown with Manon Fiorot at UFC Paris, Jessica Andrade still very much has her eyes on the prize at strawweight &#8211; the division in which she won her first world title in the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old has usually been quite respectful towards her opponents but in recent times, she&#8217;s been fairly aggressive in <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jessica-andrade-slams-champion-of-boredom-carla-esparza-following-ufc-274-i-cant-wait-to-rip-your-head-off\/\">calling for a future title shot<\/a> against Carla Esparza.<\/p>\n<p>Esparza, who won the belt from Rose Namajunas earlier this year in a controversial decision win, has reportedly blocked the Brazilian on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>That is if Andrade is to be believed in the following interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/agfight.com\/entrevistas\/bate-estaca-celebra-desafio-contra-fiorot-mas-reforca-foco-nos-palhas-e-provoca-esparza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ag. Fight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A historic submission! | Amanda Lemos v Jessica Andrade | UFC Full Fight Replay\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jiv6GWn98bc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019ve always been asking to fight her,\u201d Andrade said. \u201cMy first fight at 115 was to be with her and she didn\u2019t want to, because the Brazilians didn\u2019t [make] weight because I had fought Claudia [Gadelha] and she hadn\u2019t beaten her. After I fought Jessica Penne and hit the weight without a problem, I talked to Carla to fight again. She didn\u2019t want to, she blocked me from social media to this day. I can\u2019t see anything of her and it\u2019s part of the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThere\u2019s going to come a time when she\u2019s going to have nowhere to run,\u201d she concluded. \u201cAfter my fight, the idea is to go back to 115, face Zhang Weili, and whoever wins goes to the title shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2022\/7\/13\/23211389\/jessica-andrade-blocked-by-carla-esparza-on-social-media-shes-going-to-have-nowhere-to-run-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Mania<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>For now, Esparza looks set to defend her belt for the first time against Weili Zhang after the latter&#8217;s knockout success at UFC 275.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you think there is a chance we could see Carla Esparza take on Jessica Andrade for the UFC strawweight title in the future?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Andrade has claimed Carla Esparza blocked her on social media after she asked to fight her for the title. 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