Claudia Gadelha gets next shot at champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk, says she won first fight

RIO DE JANEIRO – Claudia Gadelha has earned her chance to dethrone UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Gadelha (13-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) solidified her case for the next title shot on Saturday with a dominant unanimous-decision victory over former WSOF champ Jessica Aguilar (19-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC).

The bout kicked off the pay-per-view main card of the event, which took place at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena (watch the Gadelha vs. Aguilar video highlights).

Immediately after the fight – and before UFC President Dana White confirmed she’s next – Gadelha stated her case for another shot at Jedrzejczyk (10-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC), who earned a narrow split-decision win over the Brazilian in 2014.

“I want that fight,” Gadelha said. “I want to fight Joanna. And I’m sure she wants (it) too because – I can’t even talk about the last fight. So, we need to fight again and (make it) clear who’s the best strawweight on the planet.”

Thankfully for Gadelha, who said she has no doubts she deserved the win in the first meeting, she’ll get her chance. White confirmed the plans via Twitter and during the post-UFC 190 show on FOX Sports 1.

A date hasn’t been set, and Gadelha needs to have an injured hand checked out. But when it happens, she said she’ll be ready for the title fight, especially since she’s put an emphasis on her conditioning during the past year.

“You guys just saw I fought three rounds with no problems,” he said. “I’m ready for five rounds.

” … I’ll fight her anywhere. I just want to fight her.”

Check out the full conversation above.

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