ABU DHABI – Jessica Andrade won’t be going back to Brazil after her fight this Saturday. The former UFC strawweight champion plans on relocating to Las Vegas after her bout with Rose Namajunas this weekend at UFC 25. Andrade (20-7 MMA, 11-5 UFC) hopes to get short-notice opportunities in the future and thinks a move from Rio de Janeiro to Las Vegas will increase her chances of being able to answer a short-notice call. “That’s the thing. We’re hoping that being in Las Vegas we’re going to get a lot of opportunities that we wouldn’t have otherwise,” Andrade told reporters through an interpreter during a media scrum Wednesday. “With the whole visa thing, a lot of processes that you have to go through with being a Brazilian in Brazil to get fights in the U.S.
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