Claudia Gadelha

Nobody hands you anything at women's strawweight. Claudia Gadelha — "Claudinha" to fight fans — has built a 18-5 record the hard way, one fight at a time since leaving Brazil's regional scene.

The game is built on grappling: 3 takedowns per 15 minutes, and opponents spend rounds defending instead of fighting. 7 submission wins say what happens when the defense slips.

He's coming off a loss to Yan Xiaonan. Careers aren't defined by the fall, though; they're defined by the rebound.

At 37, the window is what it is — which tends to make every remaining fight more honest, and more dangerous.