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Claudia Gadelha: ‘I’m doing everything I can to be the girl to beat Joanna Jedrzejczyk’

Claudia Gadelha knows she’s the person with the best chance to dethrone strawweight queen Joanna Jedrzejczyk but even after a first round submission against No. 2 ranked Karolina Kowalkiewicz, she’s not asking for a title shot.

Gadelha made quick work of Kowalkiewicz at UFC 212 to get her second straight win in arguably her best performance to date since joining the promotion.

She already entered the fight ranked No. 1 in the world at 115-pounds behind only Jedrzejczyk, but because they’ve already fought twice in the past, Gadelha isn’t ready to ask for a third opportunity just yet.