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Joanne Calderwood “Lucky” to Punch Jessica Eye On Behalf of Millions

Joanne Calderwood thinks Jessica Eye deserves to be punched repeatedly in the face and is convinced that the general public agrees with her. After Jessica Eye missed weight for the second consecutive time ahead of her fight against Cynthia Calvillo in …

Joanne Calderwood thinks Jessica Eye deserves to be punched repeatedly in the face and is convinced that the general public agrees with her. After Jessica Eye missed weight for the second consecutive time ahead of her fight against Cynthia Calvillo in June, Joanne Calderwood was among those who took exception. This led to the two […]

Joanne Calderwood Regrets Not Waiting For Title Shot

Joanne Calderwood’s insistence to stay active lost her a title shot. However, the Scot is back and looking to make amends. An injury meant that the UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko was unable to compete, so Calderwood went after Jennifer Maia instead of waiting around for her chance at UFC gold. This plan backfired […]

Joanne Calderwood’s insistence to stay active lost her a title shot. However, the Scot is back and looking to make amends.

An injury meant that the UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko was unable to compete, so Calderwood went after Jennifer Maia instead of waiting around for her chance at UFC gold. This plan backfired spectacularly when Maia submitted Calderwood in the very first round. Maia then faced Shevchenko for the belt in November, whilst Calderwood was left nursing an arm injury. (H/T MMAJunkie)

“I definitely regret it because I injured my arm, and I had to deal with that,” Calderwood told MMA Junkie at a pre-fight news conference Tuesday. “There was some stuff afterwards that didn’t go as planned. I regret it a little bit, but I try to see it as a positive. Everything happens for a reason. Here I am, not even a couple of months later, and fighting, so I’m looking forward to that.”

Medical professionals recommended that Calderwood should go under the knife following the loss, but she flat out refused. Rather than having surgery, the 34-year-old chose the rehab and stem cell route instead. The Scot believes she wasn’t at her best that night and refuses to put too much significance on the defeat.

“I don’t think it was the jiu-jitsu, honestly,” Calderwood said. “I just wasn’t feeling good the whole day. Mentally, I was outside of my body. I’ve been in that position a lot and I just felt like I wasn’t there, if you know what I mean. I was outside. It wasn’t my jiu-jitsu. It was just a bad day at the office.”

Looking to get back into the winning column, the Scot is up against Jessica Eye on the UFC 257 pay-per-view at Fight Island. Calderwood says that she isn’t a big fan of Eye on a personal level either.

“I see her every day at the PI,” Calderwood said. “She walks around like this ‘skillbilly’. She rubs me and she rubs everyone else up the wrong way. I feel like I’m the lucky one who gets to punch her and get paid for it.

“… We don’t like each other, so yeah. I wouldn’t say we’re putting a lot of trash out there. Last week, before I left here, she was trying to talk to me in the changing room. So I don’t if it’s that much of a grudge (match). I think it’s more for show. For me, I’m just here to turn up and do my job and tell you guys honestly my opinion.”

With a bit of bad blood, this should be a tasty clash before Dan Hooker vs Michael Chandler and Dustin Poirier vs Conor McGregor take the stage on Saturday night.

Do you think Joanne Calderwood or Jessica Eye will come away with the win?

Jessica Eye vs. Joanne Calderwood Set for UFC 257

A flyweight bout between two top-10 flyweight contenders is set for UFC 257 when Jessia Eye faces Joanne Calderwood. Originally reported by MMA DNA, Jessica Eye and Joanne Calderwood will meet at UFC 257 on January 23, 2021. Both Eye and Calderwood wer…

A flyweight bout between two top-10 flyweight contenders is set for UFC 257 when Jessia Eye faces Joanne Calderwood. Originally reported by MMA DNA, Jessica Eye and Joanne Calderwood will meet at UFC 257 on January 23, 2021. Both Eye and Calderwood were recently involved in the flyweight title picture, with Eye losing to champion […]

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UFC Targeting Jessica Andrade vs. Jessica Eye For October 17 Event

Jessica AndradeIt would seem a change in weight class is inbound for the former Women’s Strawweight champion Jessica Andrade. Posting to twitter ESPN’s Brett Okamoto broke the news sharing that the UFC had been targeting a matchup between Andrade and former Women’s Flyweight title challenger Jessica Eye. “UFC targeting a flyweight bout between former 115-pound champ […]

Jessica Andrade

It would seem a change in weight class is inbound for the former Women’s Strawweight champion Jessica Andrade.

Posting to twitter ESPN’s Brett Okamoto broke the news sharing that the UFC had been targeting a matchup between Andrade and former Women’s Flyweight title challenger Jessica Eye.

“UFC targeting a flyweight bout between former 115-pound champ Jessica Andrade (@jessicammapro) and Jessica Eye (jessicaevileye) for Oct. 17. Feeling around Andrade’s team this could actually prove to be her best weight class. Has fought at 135 and 115 in UFC.

The news comes shortly after Andrade faced defeat at the hands of Rose Namajunas in Abu Dhabi for UFC 251.

The former champion lost a decision to Namajunas who she initially defeated to claim the title back in 2019.

After claiming the title Andrade faced the current champion Wheili Zhang who quickly defeated the Brazilian claiming the title for herself by TKO in the first round.

Eye is coming also coming off back to back losses having been knocked out by the Women’s Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko in 2019 and then lost again to division newcomer Cynthia Calvillo earlier in 2020.

Andrade initially entered the UFC as a Women’s Bantamweight fighter losing her debut to former title challenger Liz Carmouche before finding some success putting together a small win streak until mixed results in her following few bouts saw her make the move in weight down to the Women’s Strawweight division.

The UFC Women’s Flyweight division seems to continue to get more exciting as we see many women making the jump in weight to join the division led by current champion Valentina Shevchenko. It remains to be seen how this move in weight will affect Andrade’s performance however, her team feels this will be the ideal weight for the former champion to continue her career in.

Cynthia Calvillo, Andre Fili Lead UFC Vegas 2 Salaries With $110,000 Paydays

UFC Vegas 2Cynthia Calvillo and Andre Fili walked away as the highest earners this past weekend when it came to base pay. Calvillo earned the biggest win of her career following a unanimous decision victory over Jessica Eye in the UFC Vegas 2 headliner on Saturday night. For her efforts, Calvillo took home $110,000 ($55,000 to show, […]

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Cynthia Calvillo and Andre Fili walked away as the highest earners this past weekend when it came to base pay.

Calvillo earned the biggest win of her career following a unanimous decision victory over Jessica Eye in the UFC Vegas 2 headliner on Saturday night.

For her efforts, Calvillo took home $110,000 ($55,000 to show, $55,000 win bonus) in base pay with an additional $12,750 after Eye was fined 25 percent of her purse for missing weight to take the former’s total to $122,750. That meant Eye went home with $38,250 following her second loss in three fights.

Fili also netted $110,000 on the night as he earned $55,000 to show and $55,000 as a win bonus following his split verdict victory over Charles Jourdain. Jourdain made just $16,000 on the other hand.

The biggest earner on the night overall, however, was middleweight Marvin Vettori who took home $148,000 after earning $86,000 in base bay, a $50,000 perofrmance of the night bonus and $12,000 from opponent Karl Roberson’s purse after the latter missed weight. Roberson made $28,000 in total.

Full UFC Vegas 2 Salaries

Here are the full UFC Vegas 2 salaries that also include performance of the night bonuses (via MMA Fighting):

  • Cynthia Calvillo: $122,750 — $55,000 to show, $55,000 to win plus $12,750 as penalty for her opponent missing weight.
  • Jessica Eye: $38,250 — $51,000 to show minus $12,750 (25%) paid as penalty for missing weight.
  • Marvin Vettori: $148,000 — $43,000 to show, $43,000 to win, $12,000 paid as penalty from his opponent missing weight plus $50,000 for “Performance of the Night”
  • Karl Roberson: $28,000 — $40,000 to show minus $12,000 (30%) paid as penalty for missing weight.
  • Andre Fili: $110,000 — $55,000 to show, $55,000 to win
  • Charles Jourdain: $16,000
  • Jordan Espinosa: $24,000 — $12,000 to show, $12,000 to win
  • Mark De La Rosa: $21,000
  • Mariya Agapova: $70,000 — $10,000 to show, $10,000 to win plus $50,000 for “Performance of the Night.”
  • Hannah Cifers: $35,000
  • Merab Dvalishvili: $46,000 — $23,000 to show, $23,000 to win
  • Gustavo Lopez: $12,000
  • Julia Avila: $24,000 — $12,000 to show, $12,000 to win
  • Gina Mazany: $16,000
  • Tyson Nam: $80,800 — $14,000 to show, $14,000 to win, $2,800 paid as penalty for his opponent missing weight plus $50,000 for “Performance of the Night”
  • Zarrukh Adashev: $11,200 — $14,000 to show minus $2,800 (20%) penalty for missing weight
  • Christian Aguilera: $74,000 — $12,000 to show, $12,000 to win plus $50,000 for “Performance of the Night”
  • Anthony Ivy: $12,000

What do you think of the UFC Vegas 2 salaries?

UFC on ESPN 10: Cynthia Calvillo Not Happy With How Jessica Eye Handled Scale Fail

Cynthia Calvillo’s bout with Jessica Eye may be over but she still has an issue with “Evil.” This past Saturday night (June 13), Calvillo took on Eye in the main event of UFC on ESPN 10. The women’s flyweight bout took place ins…

Cynthia Calvillo’s bout with Jessica Eye may be over but she still has an issue with “Evil.” This past Saturday night (June 13), Calvillo took on Eye in the main event of UFC on ESPN 10. The women’s flyweight bout took place inside the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Calvillo emerged victorious via unanimous […]

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