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Joanne Calderwood Replaces Viviane Araujo, Will Face Jennifer Maia On Aug 1

Joanne CalderwoodJoanne Calderwood will risk her position as the number one flyweight contender to step up on late notice and fight Jennifer Maia on August 1. Viviane Araujo has been forced out of their bout with Maia after testing positive for the coronavirus Calderwood earned a shot at flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko by beating Andrea Lee […]

Joanne Calderwood

Joanne Calderwood will risk her position as the number one flyweight contender to step up on late notice and fight Jennifer Maia on August 1. Viviane Araujo has been forced out of their bout with Maia after testing positive for the coronavirus

Calderwood earned a shot at flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko by beating Andrea Lee in September 2019. The fight was originally scheduled for UFC 251 in Perth, Australia but scrapped due to the ongoing global pandemic. It has now been pushed back further as Shevchenko recovers from knee surgery.

The Scottish standout posted the below message on Instagram after undergoing COVID-19 in Las Vegas ahead of her late notice fight against Maia.

“Thank you Dr Nick, James and all the staff @fightdocs for sorting out my Medicals and I got a COVID test done while I was there..grateful they always have my back for my medical needs being here in vegas.” 

Maia snapped a two-fight win streak last time out against former title challenger Katlyn Chookagian. Prior to that, she picked up big wins over Roxanne Modafferi and Alexis Davis. The 31-year-old was supposed to fight Araujo in June at UFC on ESPN 12 but the promotion postponed the matchup due to travel restrictions preventing Brazilians from competing during the pandemic.  

The UFC Fight Night card is scheduled to go down at UFC APEX in Las Vegas on August 1. Former bantamweight champion Holly Holm will headline the event in a fight against surging contender Irene Aldana.

Do you think Joanne Calderwood will regret risking her number one spot at flyweight?

Jessica Eye Returns At UFC 245 After Head Kick KO Loss

Jessica Eye will return to the Octagon at UFC 245 on Dec. 14 to take on Viviane Araujo, the promotion announced. Eye is coming off of a devastating head kick knockout loss to Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 238 in June when she fought for the title. There, Eye was a massive underdog and couldn’t get […]

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Jessica Eye will return to the Octagon at UFC 245 on Dec. 14 to take on Viviane Araujo, the promotion announced.

Eye is coming off of a devastating head kick knockout loss to Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 238 in June when she fought for the title. There, Eye was a massive underdog and couldn’t get anything of much going.

Before the Shevchenko fight, she beat Katlyn Chooakgian by split-decision at UFC 231 to become the number one contender. She is currently 3-1 in the flyweight division and is ranked number one in the division.

Araujo, meanwhile, is coming off of her UFC flyweight debut where she beat Alexis Davis by decision. The win put her into the top-10 of the division. Before the win over Davis, the 32-year-old made her UFC debut on short notice when she took on Talita Bernardo at UFC 237 at bantamweight, two weight-classes up from where she has been fighting.

UFC 245 goes down on Dec. 14 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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UFC 240 Prelims Do Lowest Number Of ESPN Era

The early numbers for last weekend’s UFC 240 preliminary card are not looking good. UFC 240 went down last Saturday (July 27, 2019) from Edmonton. According to MMA Fighting’s Dave Meltzer, the prelims did a mere 722,000 viewers on ESPN. Tha…

The early numbers for last weekend’s UFC 240 preliminary card are not looking good. UFC 240 went down last Saturday (July 27, 2019) from Edmonton. According to MMA Fighting’s Dave Meltzer, the prelims did a mere 722,000 viewers on ESPN. That number is the lowest rating since the UFC moved to sports giant ESPN earlier […]

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