Claudia Gadelha Meets Nina Ansaroff at UFC 231

Claudia Gadelha is making her return to competition following a razor-thin split-decision victory over Carla Esparza at UFC 225 when she books a flight to Toronto to face #11 ranked Nina Ansaroff in what will easily be the biggest opportunity in Ansaro…

Claudia Gadelha is making her return to competition following a razor-thin split-decision victory over Carla Esparza at UFC 225 when she books a flight to Toronto to face #11 ranked Nina Ansaroff in what will easily be the biggest opportunity in Ansaroff’s UFC career. The fight has been officially announced by the UFC. Nina Ansaroff […]

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Claudia Gadelha Open To Carla Esparza Rematch In Brazil

Claudia Gadelha is more than willing to rematch Carla Esparza after their controversial first meeting. The Brazilian defeated Esparza at UFC 225 in June via split decision. After the fight Esparza voiced her frustrations about the contest, first believ…

Claudia Gadelha is more than willing to rematch Carla Esparza after their controversial first meeting. The Brazilian defeated Esparza at UFC 225 in June via split decision. After the fight Esparza voiced her frustrations about the contest, first believing she was the rightful winner but also accusing Gadelha of greasing. A week before the fight […]

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Claudia Gadelha: Carla Esparza is Making Excuses For UFC 225 Loss

Claudia Gadelha believes Carla Esparza isn’t owning up to her UFC 225 loss. Earlier this month, Gadelha vs. Esparza was featured on the FOX Sports 1 preliminary portion of UFC 225. The event was held inside the United Center in Chicago, Illinois….

Claudia Gadelha believes Carla Esparza isn’t owning up to her UFC 225 loss. Earlier this month, Gadelha vs. Esparza was featured on the FOX Sports 1 preliminary portion of UFC 225. The event was held inside the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Gadelha earned a split decision victory. Esparza claimed that Gadelha was slippery and […]

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UFC Fighter Claudia Gadelha’s Knee Surgery Successful

Claudia Gadelha can rest easy knowing her recent surgery went according to plan. Earlier this month, Gadelha took on Carla Esparza on the FOX Sports 1 portion of the UFC 225 prelims. After three rounds of back-and-forth action, Gadelha was awarded the …

Claudia Gadelha can rest easy knowing her recent surgery went according to plan. Earlier this month, Gadelha took on Carla Esparza on the FOX Sports 1 portion of the UFC 225 prelims. After three rounds of back-and-forth action, Gadelha was awarded the split decision victory. It turns out, Gadelha was injured prior to the bout […]

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Claudia Gadelha Headed For Knee Surgery Following UFC 225 Win

Claudia Gadelha will have to wait a bit longer for another title opportunity.

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Claudia Gadelha has her eyes set on getting back in the UFC’s 115-pound title picture, but she may have to wait a while.

The Brazilian challenged for the strap back in July of 2016 when she took on longtime rival and opposing The Ultimate Fighter Season 23 (TUF 23) coach, Joanna J?drzejczyk. Gadelha was bested by her Polish counterpart via unanimous decision.

She’d bounce back with back-to-back wins over Cortney Casey and Karolina Kowalkiewicz, but Gadelha’s streak was then stopped dead in its tracks by fellow Brazilian Jessica Andrade via unanimous decision in September. At UFC 225 on June 9 in Chicago, Gadelha got back in the win column with a split decision victory over former UFC strawweight champion Carla Esparza.

Shortly after her victory, Gadelha revealed to MMA Fighting that two weeks before her clash with Esparza she had suffered an injury to her knee and thigh. Thanks to the care she received from medical specialists at the UFC’s Performance Institute she decided not to pull out of the fight, but she’ll now undergo surgery to repair the damage:

“I badly injured my knee, everyone at the UFC (Performance) Institute knows that because I was treated by the institute’s physiotherapist,” Gadelha said. “(The physiotherapist) was the only reason I didn’t pull out of the fight. She said ‘I’ll take care of you.’

”I kept visiting the physiotherapist during fight week to be able to fight. I felt the knee in the first round, could barely stand, and still beat Carla in her game, wrestling, so I think she’s just mad she couldn’t outwrestle me.”

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Claudia Gadelha to Undergo Knee Surgery

Claudia Gadelha will be going under the knife. On June 9, Gadelha took on Carla Esparza. The bout was featured on the preliminary portion of UFC 225. The action took place inside the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Gadelha ended up winning the bout…

Claudia Gadelha will be going under the knife. On June 9, Gadelha took on Carla Esparza. The bout was featured on the preliminary portion of UFC 225. The action took place inside the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Gadelha ended up winning the bout via split decision. She has now gone 3-1 in her last […]

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