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Gloria de Paula: First UFC loss was ‘terrible,’ but showed ‘many’ holes to fix ahead of UFC Vegas 33

Gloria de Paula returns a different fighter for her second octagon appearance at UFC Vegas 33 this Saturday night in Las Vegas.

“Glorinha” joined the company after winning a decision over Pauline Macias at Dana White’s Contender Series in November 2020, but was no match for Jinh Yu Frey’s wrestling and top control in her first UFC bout this past March, losing a decision at UFC APEX.

Back to the drawing board after being “exposed” in a way, the Chute Boxe fighter focused on her defensive grappling and wrestling to be able to use her striking against Cheyanne Buys.