Gadelha (right) is already training with an eye on her chance at the UFC belt. Photo: Inovafoto
The Brazilian Claudia gadelha Counts the days until he returns to the Octagon. Strawweight, who should be the next challenger for the Joanna Jedrzejczyk, he has already started training for the most important duel of his life, even with a sprain in his left hand.
The fighter revealed that she is still protecting her injured hand in her fight against Jessica Aguilar at UFC 190, held on August 1, in Rio de Janeiro. But she is already improving her boxing and physical conditioning.
“I'm back to training, although I still can't use my left hand. I will train boxing using my right hand, I will work on my legs, I will do some physical training. I will do everything, but without using my left hand”, Claudinha declared to the North American website MMA Fighting.
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Despite having already resumed training, Gadelha is betting that her fight against Joanna Jedrzejczyk It should only happen at the beginning of 2016.
“I should fight between January and February. I sprained a ligament in my middle finger, and the doctor said that I will be 100% ready to strike again and be able to start my preparation in three months. I'll work on other things during this period, getting stronger, more flexible, faster, and when I'm ready to hit with my left hand again, I'll start training camp.”
The rematch
the Polish Joanna Jedrzejczyk and the Brazilian Claudinha gadelha have already faced each other. At UFC on FOX 13, held in December 2014, the two made their debut in the octagon. The fight was very balanced from start to finish and the European athlete prevailed in a disputed decision by the judges. The Tupiniquim athlete has already revealed on several occasions that she does not consider herself defeated in that clash, as she believes she defeated the current champion.
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