Earlier this week, UFC women’s strawweight contender Carla Esparza accused Claudia Gadelha of greasing in their UFC 225 preliminary fight at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
“She cheated in the fight; she greased before the fight. I was considering saying something to the referee in between [rounds]. I was going to say, ‘She’s greasing! She’s greasing’, but I didn’t really know how to go about it,” Esparza told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour.
It didn’t take long for Gadelha, who edged out a split decision over Esparza, to respond to the accusations, telling MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz that ‘Cookie Monster’ is ‘trying to find excuses’ for losing on Saturday.