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Gadelha says Namajunas doesn’t deserve to be the number one contender — VIDEO

By Heidi Fang Las Vegas Review-Journal
May 14, 2017 - 6:30 pm
 

A former title challenger, UFC strawweight Claudia Gadelha will collide with Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 212 in Brazil on June 3.

Ahead of the event, Gadelha said at a press conference in Dallas that Rose Namajunas shouldn’t get the next shot at UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and explained why.

Check out the video above.

Contact Heidi Fang at hfang@reviewjournal.com. Follow @HeidiFang on Twitter.

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