What Happened to Claudia Gadelha?

[ArtemV]

She recently lost a decision to Nina Ansaroff... Nina. Ansaroff. I don't think anybody considers her to be one of the best strawweights imo.

Up until her decision loss to Jessica Andrade, Gadelha had great cardio, she could push her exhausting pace for 3 rounds, and even had 2 great rounds against Jedrzejczyk, until she faded. But she still had good cardio for the first few rounds. And in 2017 she was riding a win over Courtney Casey into a fight with Karolina Kowalkiewicz, whom she defeated by first round submission.

Then she fought Jessica Andrade and got beat up over three rounds.

She struggled and even got dropped by Esparza, despite winning the decision and she then fought Nina Ansaroff. She won the first round after a takedown (honestly cannot remember), but then she proceeded to get picked apart by sloppy and mostly lacklustre striking techniques by Ansaroff (who is going to get smashed by Suarez).

Gadelha used to be a really good contender and even second best at SW, back in 2016. Now she can barely last one round without gassing and losing fights she wouldn't have a few years ago. Did Brian Ortega break her?

Thoughts?

 

[TR1]

When she got dropped by Esaprza, you knew it was going downhill.

Maybe her body felt the strain of all the heavy lifting + natural juice shakes she drinks, and fell apart.

 

[mb23100]

Seems like a lot of these mma fighters lose all their steam after building up to and losing their title fight

 

[JabToucher]

Seems like a lot of these mma fighters lose all their steam after building up to and losing their title fight

If they learn't the ways of the keyboard warrior who knows how far they could go!

 

[Bboy]

She is still young and has time to grow. She is the future of the division.

 

[seanb1979]

She should harvest some stem cells from Erick Silva to rejuvenate her career.

 

[Post 2 Decision]

Got worse when USADA came around maybe?

 

[Gambit MMA]

idk if its training issues/habits or she isnt on some special supplements she was on before, but you won't win many fights vs top ranked fighters if u gas out after 4 minutes

she better plan on submitting everyone in that window if thats the case. for a 115 chick she was huff and puffing

 

[beefcake180]

Hasn't been the same since she left Nova Uniao really.

Ansaroff deserves credit though, she's improved a ton and is one of the better strawweights out there right now.

 

[LockardTheGOAT]

I still think she got robbed in her first fight with Joanna, but that's just me.

 

[SaigeVanZant]

She is still young and has time to grow. She is the future of the division.

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[jjthenextchamp1]

Champ, Champ Amanda said Nina was the next champ..who are we to disagree...Claudia was last spotted on a Brazilian beach in her thong looking very peachy...she's doing fine. Won't ever hold a belt, but that's the story with 99 percent of them

 

[leto1776]

Combination of her stagnating, while other fighters got better.

You’re simply not giving other fighters enough credit.

 

[Rex Kwon Do]

She went Hollywood and fell in love with the Instagram life. She noticed a bunch of weirdos drooling all over her, the UFC were increasingly willing to use her for promotional material (see: promo they made where Shaq "fought" her), and it went to her head. The implants are a testament to that: she got them because she was increasingly fixated on her looks and how that would further her career, or just because she liked the attention and wanted more. Either way, it's pretty clear she lost the hunger to be the best fighter and is more in love with the trappings of being a mildly famous person.

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Would like to see her at 125... seems that at 115 she is drained and going to gas hard...

 

[cooks1]

She is still young and has time to grow. She is the future of the division.

What are you talking about? She is 30 dude. Of the 5 people ranked ahead of her, 3 are younger (Rose, Andrade, Tatiana) and the 2 that are older have beat her 3 times (JoJed/Nina)

I'd say she needs to move up. Those weight cuts get tougher as you get older.

 

[Kaiokenrye24]

She thought going to att would fix her cardio

 

[aerius]

Hasn't been the same since she left Nova Uniao really.
Ansaroff deserves credit though, she's improved a ton and is one of the better strawweights out there right now.

Exactly. She's gone massively downhill since leaving NU, her wrestling is pretty much gone, her grappling's gone backwards a bunch, and she doesn't know what she's doing with her striking anymore. She was actually pretty good at timing & countering strikes back in the day and did a good job of using her striking to setup her wrestling, but now she just tries to strike or goes for the most telegraphed takedown attempts with no setup. Her skills & her overall game have fallen apart pretty badly, and instead of 2 rounds of solid cardio she's got like 2 minutes at best these days.

You also bring up a good point about Ansaroff, she's a much better fighter now than she was a few years ago, and I think she's a solid contender level fighter.

 

[GiSP]

Her and Ortega believed their own press. They both liked her new boobs. Got distracted from the real prize and both lost in the cage.

New boobs < winning titles and contender fights.

 

[Bboy]

What are you talking about? She is 30 dude. Of the 5 people ranked ahead of her, 3 are younger (Rose, Andrade, Tatiana) and the 2 that are older have beat her 3 times (JoJed/Nina)

I'd say she needs to move up. Those weight cuts get tougher as you get older.

It was a facetious comment about her similar appearance to a certain young hot prospect with loads of potential, that latter part of my comment also being facetious.