Having done a 180-degree turn from his initial feelings on women in mixed martial arts, UFC president Dana White is now all-in. Not only did the UFC commit to Ronda Rousey ‘s star power, they’re going to lean heavily on their female athletes for the UFC 195 fight card that Rousey announced on Friday’s edition of “ Good Morning America .” RELATED > Ronda Rousey Skips Miesha Tate Trilogy, Faces Holly Holm at UFC 195 Rousey revealed that she would fight former world-champion boxer Holly Holm in the UFC 195 main event on Jan. 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Lance Pugmire of the L.A. Times , in a conversation with White, then reported that the brash UFC exec revealed that strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk would put her belt on the line against Claudia Gadelha in the night’s co-main event. Gadelha earned a shot at Jedrzejczyk with her one-sided unanimous decision win over former World Series of Fighting women’s strawweight champion Jessica Aguilar at UFC 190.
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Claudia Gadelha Joins Rousey vs. Holm; Is Tate vs. Nunes Next? – MMA Weekly