Originally <a href='http://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/showthread.php?p=25964424'>posted</a> on 07/05/2016:

So heres my thoughts on this fight:

I think Joanna will take the win.

Go back to there first match for two things. First Joanna's hitting power is plenty enough to KO and rock Gadelha, end of first round.

However, one must still give credit to Gadelha for her seven takedowns, though nothing really came about from them, as Joanna was able to work her way to the fence each time and stand up. There is something else in this, working her way to the fence.

Now fast forward to Joanna/Esparza where Esparza who was champion at the time and suppose to be the TD master was only able to land a pathetic 1 out of 17 attempted TD...pitiful.

Go to the Joanna/Penne fight and the story gets even worse. Joanna displayed 3 noticeable things in this fight. First some of the takedown methods used previously on her, she displayed the ability to now combat effectively. Second, her striking was coming at noticeably quicker speed than when she fought Gadelha, and with the addition of some impressive kicks added into the mix which again was not very prevalent in the Gadelha fight.
Lastly, when she hurt Penne at least on two occasions a flurry of quick but not fight ending strikes followed. However, Joanna noticed the ref's inaction and when she hurt Penne for the last time took her time to find openings for her punches and knees, which now spurred the ref to prompt Penne to defend herself or be stopped, ulitimately stopped. Guess its back to crackin beer cans open for Penne with that giant tucan beak of a nose. This last point is really just a display of Joanna able to recognize her mistakes against her opponent and not only learn but adjust to them in the fight.

Gadelha isn't without hope here but if she wants to win striking is and ill-advised method. If she can land the TD center octagon, and keep her there this is the worst possible scenario for Joanna, so expect to see her crawl her way back to the cage like she did in there first match. Joanna's use of kicks would be ill-advised center octagon as well, it would make a single leg attempt that much easier, however if she is near the cage I fully expect to see her utilize some nasty kicks/knees to help rough up Gadelha.

This win is not impossible for Gadelha, but it is definitely not in her favor with Joanna's improvement over her last 3 fights.