Filed under: Featured , News , UFC Claudia Gadelha plans to take a hiatus from competition following her first career loss to someone other than unbeaten UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk. In a clash of top 115-pound contenders, Gadelha (15-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) was handed a lopsided unanimous decision defeat by Jessica Andrade (17-6 MMA, 8-4 UFC) in Friday’s UFC Fight Night 117 co-headliner, which took place at Saitama Super Arena in Japan and aired on FXX. The outcome was a damaging blow to Gadelha’s quest for another fight with Jedrzejczyk (14-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC). She’s already fallen short to the Polish titleholder twice, with the most recent being a unanimous decision loss at The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale in July 2016, but her competitiveness with the champion opened up the possibility for another fight to happen. Gadelha isn’t out of the running for good, but the loss to Andrade is a setback. Despite that, Gadelha is taking full responsibility for her performance and is not deflecting blame on anyone other than on herself (via Instagram ): No excuses
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