Joanne Calderwoord Faces Kalindra Faria At UFC Nebraska

Scottish fighter Joanne Calderwood will return to action on Aug. 25 when she takes on Kalindra Faria at UFC Nebraska.

The news was first reported by Ariel Helwani and made official by the organization earlier this morning.

Exclusive quotes from Calderwood regarding here return via Tom Heffernan of the Daily Record – HERE.

Calderwood (11-3) was last in action back at UFC Glasgow in July 2017 when she was defeated by Cynthia Calvillo. The Scot had long been calling for the UFC to introduce a 125lbs flyweight division and late last year her wish was answered. Calderwood has fought one time already at flyweight in the UFC and she defeated Valerie Letourneau via unanimous decision in June 2016. She was then forced to fight again at strawweight where she has gone 0-2 since with losses to Jessica Andrade and the aforementioned bout with Calvillo. Calderwood has recently made the move over to Las Vegas, Nevada where she is currently training under Syndicate MMA head coach John Wood.

Faria (18-7-1) will also be looking to get back into the win column having also lost her last two bouts against Mara Romero Borella and most recently Jessica Eye. Faria previously fought for the KSW flyweight title but was defeated by Karolina Kowalkiewicz via a split decision at KSW 30 in 2015. Faria is yet to record a win under the UFC promotional banner.

UFC Nebraska will be headlined by Justin Gaethje taking on James Vick in lightweight action.

Justin Gaethje vs. James Vick
John Moraga vs. D. Figueiredo
Eryk Anders vs. Tim Williams
Alexa Grasso vs. Angela Hill
Michael Johnson vs. Andre Fili
Mickey Gall vs. George Sullivan
Andrew Sanchez vs. A. Neto
Luke Sanders vs. Rani Yahya
Drew Dober vs. Jon Tuck
Iuri Alcantara vs. Cory Sandhagen
Joanne Calderwood vs. Kalindra Faria