Claudia Gadelha
UFC 195 took one hit on Friday when Ronda Rousey’s UFC women’s bantamweight title defense against Holly Holm was moved up to UFC 193, and now it appears that the other women’s title fight scheduled for the card is in jeopardy.
UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk (10-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) is currently scheduled to defend her title on the card against Claudia Gadelha (13-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) in a rematch of their UFC on FOX 13 fight, which Jedrzejczyk won by controversial split decision. Gadelha knocked off Jessica Aguilar at UFC 190 to earn her shot at the championship.
UFC 195 takes place Jan. 2 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports stated that an attempt was made to move a bout between Jedrzejczyk and Valerie Letourneau (8-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC) to UFC 193 as the co-main event to Rousey vs. Holm, but Letourneau wouldn’t be ready in time for the bout. Iole said on Twitter that Gadelha was injured and thus Letourneau entered the mix.
UFC officials confirmed to MMAjunkie they are currently exploring options for Jedrzejczyk.
“We are currently reviewing options for Joanna’s next defense,” a UFC official told MMAjunkie. “Valerie has been discussed if Claudia cannot compete due to injury.”
Letourneau defeated Maryna Moroz by unanimous decision at UFC 190 to run her winning streak to four.
A report by Globo states that the injury to Gadelha is a torn ligament in her middle finger.
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