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Claudia Gadelha responds to Carla Esparza’s greasing accusations: ‘Excuses’

Carla Esparza accused Claudia Gadelha of greasing before their UFC 225 fight, and Gadelha’s first reaction was to laugh — and call it “excuses.”

Gadelha defeated her longtime rival via split decision last Saturday in Chicago and Esparza, a former UFC and Invicta FC strawweight champion, went on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour to accuse the Brazilian of cheating.

“She cheated in the fight; she greased before the fight,” Esparza said. “I was considering saying something to the referee in between [rounds]. I was going to say, ‘She’s greasing!