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 ...

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 ...

— -- 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 ...