Well, Claudia only ended up fighting Cortney Casey in Sao Paulo because Carla (Who was #3) and Tecia (Who was #6) turned the fight down. Cortney was the only one who wanted that fight and she was #14 at the time.
She beat JAG in a title eliminator who was ranked #1 (?) at the time. She also beat Hamasaki in Invicta who was #2 and Tiburcio. Letourneau was a former title challenger also.
It also doesn't help that much of the Top 5 are already scheduled to fight or have fought already -
- #5 Tecia Torres (Recently beat Bec Rawlings)
- #4 Rose Namajunas (Scheduled to fight Michelle Waterson)
- #3 Jessica Andrade (Recently beat Angela Hill, scheduled to fight Joanna for the title)
So there's not much Claudia can do other than wait for her to be offered someone to fight. It's kinda not her fault that some girls don't want to fight her either.
I think Claudia will get past Karolina. I love Karolina but in a 3-rounder is see Claudia winning. If this was 5 rounds then Karolina would have a bigger chance at winning than Claudia would. I don't see anyone beating Claudia other than Joanna who's done it twice already.