Aguilar, a former WSOF 115-pound champion, asked to be released from the promotion to seek her dream to fight in the UFC, and "Claudinha" expects a tough battle at UFC 190, scheduled for Aug. 1 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
"Jessica Aguilar was considered the best strawweight in the world, but she was not in the UFC, not in the UFC rankings. But was the best outside the UFC," Gadelha said during a UFC 190 media day in Rio de Janeiro. "But now she has to come to the UFC and fight the lions. She had nothing left to prove outside the UFC.