Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos After losing her second fight with Joanna Jedrzejczyk, this time with the UFC’s 115-pound belt on the line, Claudia Gadelha decided it was time to make a change. So she left Brazil – and her now former Nova Uniao team – for Albuquerque, N.M., hoping the new air (and altitude) would help step up her already polished game. It was a decision that, now midway through her UFC Fight Night 100 preparation under Greg Jackson and Chris Luttrell, she does not regret for a second. Speaking about what drove her to make the leap, Gadelha detailed a number of reasons that, more than simple matters of structure and methodology, boiled down to a larger cultural scenario. “ Unfortunately, Brazil falls behind on many things, especially sports,” Gadelha said during a Tuesday media day
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