C Gadelha (left) and J. Andrade (right) face each other (Photo: Reproduction Youtube ufc)
Ultimate returns to Japan this Friday (22) for the first time since 2015 with a great duel between light heavyweights Ovince St Preux e Yushin Okami in the main fight. But Brazilian MMA is well represented in the co-main fight, with Jessica Andrade e Claudia gadelha holding a national duel that could put the winner back in the strawweight champion's race Joanna Jedrzejczyk. This Wednesday, the two showed respect for each other in the first glance.
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In an event organized for the international media, UFC Japan's main athletes faced each other for the first time, and the meetings were uneventful with the fighters showing respect and even greeting each other.
In addition to Claudia and Jéssica, another Brazilian came face to face with his opponent for the first time. This is the case of Luiz Henrique Frankenstein, who will welcome Gokhan Saki to the Octagon. The Turk is one of the best kickboxing fighters today, but he has only one MMA fight – defeat, in 2004, to James Zikic by technical knockout. Since then, however, Saki has won two European kickboxing championships and was the K-1 GP champion in 2008. In May 2017, he announced his return to MMA and soon signed a contract with the UFC.
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