UFC will promote first women's flyweight fight in June, in Canada

JoJo (left) and Letourneau (right) face each other in June. Photo: Super Fights Production

Today, with two women's weight categories, bantamweight (up to 61,2 kg) and strawweight (52,1 kg), the UFC is about to promote its first fight in a third category exclusively for women, flyweight (up to 57 kg). ). The duel will be between the Scottish Joanne calderwood and Canadian Valerie Letourneau on the UFC Fight Night Ottawa card, on June 17th.

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The Ultimate organization, however, stressed that the duel does not yet represent the inauguration of a new category. For now, the duel will only be experimental, a test for a possible division addition in the future.

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At 29, Joanne calderwood has a record of ten wins and one loss. The Scot is coming off a victory over Cortney Casey in July last year, in her UFC debut in her home country.

Valerie Letourneau, 32 years old, has a record of eight wins and four losses. The Canadian is coming off a defeat to the champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk in November last year, in the strawweight title fight.

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UFC Ottawa takes place on June 17th, at TD Place Arena, in the Canadian capital. In the main fight of the night, the former welterweight title challenger Rory McDonald will face the current number two in the category Stephen Thompson.