Claudia Gadelha only had lost to strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk before Friday. Then Jessica Andrade came into her life. Andrade (17-6 MMA, 8-4 UFC) took a unanimous decision from Gadelha (15-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC), her fellow Brazilian, with a mostly dominant performance that had both fighters bloody through most of the fight. Andrade won with scores of 30-25, 30-26 and 30-27. The women’s strawweight bout was the co-main event of today’s UFC Fight Night 117 event at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, near Tokyo. It aired on FXX following prelims on the same channel.
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UFC Fight Night 117 results: Jessica Andrade beats up Claudia Gadelha in bloody battle – MMA Junkie