Invicta Fighting Championships strawweight contender Claudia Gadelha has been forced to withdraw from Saturday’s scheduled title bout against Carla Esparza after contracting a bacterial infection.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is far from the only fight promotion that’s been bitten by the injury bug. The latest is Invicta FC, the fast-rising upstart women’s fight promotion. Claudia Gadelha ...

— -- On December 13, 2014, one night after Carla Esparza was crowned the inaugural women's strawweight champion in Las Vegas, Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Claudia Gadelha battled to a paper-thin split ...

One of the best strawweight contenders has decided to call it a career. Former UFC strawweight title challenger Claudia Gadelha has notified the UFC that she has decided to retire from MMA competition ...

Here's the plot: "Invicta FC 4 Esparza vs Hyatt was a mixed martial arts event held on January 5 2013 at the Memorial Hall in Kansas City Kansas The event will be headlined by a strawweight ...