Aaron Bronsteter of TSN reported this afternoon that Claudia Gadelha vs Nina Ansaroff has been added to UFC 231 Dec. 8 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. This fight is at Strawweight. Claudia is 29 years old from Brazil. She is a product of the famed Nova Uniao gym. She now trains with Luttrell/Yee MMA in New Mexico. They are an offshoot of Jackson Wink. They are in the same building but they only handle elite fighters. Claudia's record is 16-3 and 5-3 in the UFC. She went into her last fight which was a split decision win over Carla Esparza with a knee injury. So she had surgery for a strained ligament in June. This is a very quick turnaround. Claudia is an elite fighter. Endurance is her only major weakness. But one never knows what a fighter will be like post surgery. Nina is 32 years old. She trains at American Top Team in Florida. Her record is 9-5 and 3-2 in the UFC. She's on a three fight winning streak and she was the underdog in two of those fights. Nina is a striker with no ground game. On paper this is a mismatch. But the fights aren't done on paper. If Claudia is back to her usual self, she should win easily. But Nina is used to being the underdog and it doesn't bother her. Plus she has Din Thomas and her fiancee UFC Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes in her corner.
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