Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos RIO DE JANEIRO – Claudia Gadelha has learned many things about her own body since a title loss to Joanna Jedrzejczyk at last July’s The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale. As she prepares to face Karolina Kowalkiewicz at Saturday’s UFC 212, her second outing since moving camp from her longtime Nova Uniao home in Brazil to the U.S., Gadelha feels like a new fighter. She is healthier, her weight cuts are easier, even her flexibility has improved. And while the advanced training and recovery facilities have helped, Gadelha believes the game-changer was learning how to give her body some rest – a newly acquired habit she still has a tough time with. Related Losing to Joanna Jedrzejczyk still makes Karolina Kowalkiewicz very angry “I know it’s the right thing to do, but my mindset is still kind of shifting,” Gadelha told MMAjunkie ahead of the pay-per-view main card strawweight bout, which takes place at Jeneusse Arena. “I don’t know if I have to go or not, and I need coaches with me telling me, ‘Claudia, stop.’ For this camp, I had coach (Chris) Luttrell with me the whole time, and four weeks to the fight he was like, ‘Claudia, you’re going to over-train
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