UFC president Dana White has revealed that he won’t be allowing Claudia Gadelha to make a quick turnaround after her UFC 246 fight got cancelled.

Gadelha was scheduled to take on Alexa Grasso at UFC 246 this Saturday.

Gadelha (17-4-0) was scheduled to fight Alexa Grasso (11-3-0) in a strawweight contest on the pay-per-view main card of this past Saturday’s ‘UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy’ event. The fight was cancelled after Grasso missed weight by 5.5 pounds.

During the UFC 246 post-fight press conference on Saturday night, Dana White revealed that Claudia Gadelha is desperate for a quick turnaround. However, he is unwilling to give her this as he believes it would be unsafe for her to cut so much weight again so soon.

“No, I don’t [want to give her a quick turnaround]. She wants it. I don’t want her to have to cut that weight again. She made weight. She’s a savage. She wants to fight again and all this other stuff. I’m going to talk to some people and see how long we should wait for her to be able to cut weight again. There’s no hurry. We’re going to do whatever is safe.” White explained.

Following the revelation that the UFC 246 fight between Gadelha and Grasso would be cancelled, Gadelha released a statement and revealed that she is disappointed the Nevada State Athletic Commission didn’t allow the fight to go on as she would have accepted regardless of Grasso missing weight.

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