Joanne Calderwood Not Listening To Talk That Valentina Shevchenko Is Unbeatable

Joanne Calderwood isn’t listening to anyone counting her out against Valentina Shevchenko. At UFC 251 in Perth, Australia on June 6, Calderwood will fight for the flyweight title against Shevchenko. She’s a massive underdog heading into the…

Joanne Calderwood isn’t listening to anyone counting her out against Valentina Shevchenko. At UFC 251 in Perth, Australia on June 6, Calderwood will fight for the flyweight title against Shevchenko. She’s a massive underdog heading into the fight, which should come as no surprise, but the Scotswoman knows her team believes in her to get […]

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UFC 251 Official For Perth, Australia On June 7

Women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko will face Joanne Calderwood on June 7 at UFC 251 in Perth Australia. The fight will likely be high up the card at the RAC arena, although no other bouts have been confirmed yet. Last week ESPN reported the ‘Bullet’ was set to defend her title against Scottish contender Calderwood. […]

Women’s flyweight
champion Valentina Shevchenko will face Joanne Calderwood on June 7 at UFC 251 in
Perth Australia. The fight will likely be high up the card at the RAC arena,
although no other bouts have been confirmed yet.

Last week ESPN reported the ‘Bullet’ was set to defend her title against Scottish contender Calderwood. They also confirmed UFC 251 was the targeted destination for the fight. However, until now the location of this event has remained a mystery.

Perth the western capital of Australia previously hosted UFC 221 in February 2018. The event featured Yoel Romero vs. Luke Rockhold. UFC 251 will be the city’s second ever event and President Dana White is excited to go back. Speaking in a statement on Tuesday he said.

“We are so pumped to announce our return to Perth. Perth was an amazing host city to us in 2018 and come June 2020, we’ll be back with a stacked card headlined with a championship fight. Australian fans are some of the best in the world, and we look forward to putting on another massive show for them.” (Transcribed by News.com.au)

Rumors about who else may feature on the card will now go into overdrive. Featherweight contender Alexander Volkanovski is a clear front runner to headline this event. The 31-year-old Aussie is waiting for a date for his first title defence and upon hearing the news posted on Twitter to demand his spot on the card, he said.

“UFC is coming to Perth!! As Australia’s UFC WORLD CHAMPION, it’s only fitting for me to DEFEND and KEEP that belt here in Australia. LETS make that happen!! #ufc251”

Who else
should be added to UFC 251 in Perth, Australia?

Report: Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanne Calderwood Set For UFC 251

Despite having just competed earlier this month, Valentina Shevchenko’s next title defense appears to be set. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reports that Shevchenko and Joanne Calderwood have agreed to fight on June 6. The bout will take place on the…

Despite having just competed earlier this month, Valentina Shevchenko’s next title defense appears to be set. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reports that Shevchenko and Joanne Calderwood have agreed to fight on June 6. The bout will take place on the UFC 251 card. Shevchenko’s UFC women’s flyweight championship will be on the line. “Breaking: Valentina Shevchenko’s […]

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Valentina Shevchenko Meets Joanne Calderwood At UFC 251

Valentina ShevchenkoJust like that, Valentina Shevchenko has another title defense lined up. ESPN reports that Shevchenko will put her UFC women’s flyweight crown up for grabs yet again, this time, against Joanne Calderwood. The fight takes place at the UFC 251 pay-per-view (PPV) event on June 6. Both sides have agreed to the matchup. Shevchenko is […]

Valentina Shevchenko

Just like that, Valentina Shevchenko has another title defense lined up.

ESPN reports that Shevchenko will put her UFC women’s flyweight crown up for grabs yet again, this time, against Joanne Calderwood. The fight takes place at the UFC 251 pay-per-view (PPV) event on June 6. Both sides have agreed to the matchup. Shevchenko is currently on a five-fight win streak inside the Octagon. Her last loss, and the only two losses of her UFC career, come to current UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes.

Both coming by way of decision, the latter of which was a controversial one. Shevchenko’s last outing resulted in a third-round TKO win over Katlyn Chookagian in the UFC 247 co-main event. It marked the third-consecutive title defense of Shevchenko’s championship career with the UFC. Now, she’ll take on the No. 3-ranked Calderwood. “Jojo” bounced back from a loss to Chookagian last June by taking a split decision win over Andrea Lee in September.

Now, Calderwood, who won the first-ever UFC women’s flyweight fight in promotion history back in 2016 by stopping Valérie Létourneau, gets her first crack at UFC gold. Both women are great strikers and should put on quite the show come June.

What do you think about the matchup between Shevchenko and Calderwood?

Joe Rogan Heaps Praise On ‘Scary’ UFC Champion Valentina Shevchenko

UFC color commentator Joe Rogan has high praise for Valentina Shevchenko. Shevchenko is the reigning UFC women’s flyweight champion. She’s coming off a successful title defense earlier this month. “Bullet” stopped Katlyn Chookag…

UFC color commentator Joe Rogan has high praise for Valentina Shevchenko. Shevchenko is the reigning UFC women’s flyweight champion. She’s coming off a successful title defense earlier this month. “Bullet” stopped Katlyn Chookagian in the third round via TKO in the co-main event of UFC 247. Shevchenko was clean in the standup as expected but […]

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UFC 247 Medical Suspensions: Valentina Shevchenko Faces Six-Month Sit

The UFC 247 medical suspensions are in. Three fighters are facing six-month sits. Those are UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko, Journey Newson and Andre Ewell. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation doesn’t disclo…

The UFC 247 medical suspensions are in. Three fighters are facing six-month sits. Those are UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko, Journey Newson and Andre Ewell. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation doesn’t disclose details of medical suspensions, but it is assumed that those facing longer suspensions will be able to get medical clearance […]

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