SAO PAULO -- Paige VanZant is one of the top UFC rising stars in the strawweight division, but 115-pound contender Claudia Gadelha doesn’t think she’s quite there yet.
VanZant quickly improved to 3-0 under the UFC banner with wins over Kailin Curran, Felice Herrig and Alex Chambers, and headlines her first UFC card on Dec. 10 against Rose Namajunas.
Gadelha, who expects to face the winner of Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Valerie Letourneau for the UFC title around February, believes VanZant is getting all the hype because of her look.