In two fights with strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, No. 1 ranked contender Claudia Gadleha has come closer than any other fighter to handing the Polish fighter her first professional loss.
Their first fight ended in a very close split decision that many people still argue Gadelha should have won but nonetheless she got a second shot at Jedrzejczyk last year in one of the best fights on 2016.
Unfortunately after a very strong start through the first two rounds, Gadelha ran out of gas and fell to Jedrzejczyk for a second time. Now as she approaches her upcoming fight against Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 212 this weekend, Gadelha knows that she’ll have to do a lot to earn it but if anyone in the UFC has a chance to dethrone Jedrzejczyk, it’s going to be her.