Claudia Gadelha Gives Canada A Taste Of Brazil
23 year old Female Brazilian fighter Claudia Gadelha has made her first trek to Canada recently and is preparing to fight for the first time on North American soil this Friday April, 20th in Gatineau, Quebec for Wreck MMA against Valerie Letourneau(Tristar, Montreal). Claudia trains out of Nova Uniao in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a Jiu-Jitsu black belt and is currently 6-0 in her pro career. We got a chance to catch up with Claudia at Evolucao Thai Gym in Toronto this week during filming of the Canadian documentary The Fight Exchange produced by Aaron Avruskin, The Fight Exchange is exactly as it sounds an exchange of Canadian and Brazilian fighters each training in the others countries, more details to come soon where and when you will be able to check out the final product.
Watch our interview with Claudia below:
After our interview Claudia said ” Learning English is harder then fighting” After that comment we definitely can’t wait to see how natural this lady is in the cage.
UFC 145: Predictions
Prelims:
Marcus Brimage Vs. Maximo Blanco – Blanco 2nd round TKO
Keith Wisniewski Vs. Chris Clements – Clements 1st round KO
Mac Danzig Vs. Efrain Escudero – Danzig 2nd round Submission
John Makdessi Vs. Anthony Njokuani – Makdessi 1st round KO
Matt Brown Vs. Stephen Thompson – Brown Decision
Travis Browne Vs. Chad Griggs – Browne 2nd round TKO
Maincard:
Mark Bocek Vs. John Allesio – Bocek Decision
Mark Hominick Vs. Eddie yagin – Hominick Decision
Miguel Torres Vs. Michael McDonald – Torres Decision
Brendan Schaub Vs. Ben Rothwell - Rothwell Decision
Rory MacDonald Vs. Che Mills – MacDonald 2nd round Submission
Jon Jones Vs. Rashad Evans - Jones 3rd round TKO
