MMA Fighting<\/a>).<\/p>\n\u201cNot because of this whole thing, but something on her end,” Calderwood clarified. “I\u2019m not sure if I\u2019m supposed to say that, but we know for sure that it\u2019s not going to be on June 6. I don\u2019t know, I\u2019m not sure what happened or what\u2019s what, but it\u2019s been pushed back. It could be a blessing in disguise.\u201d<\/p>\n
At present, it’s not clear why this title fight has been pushed back. That being said, Calderwood has found a silver lining in the fact that she’ll likely be able to avoid having to fly all the way to Australia for a fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were planning to go two weeks before and I think it\u2019s 24 hours flying time, so you\u2019re talking two days of travel, but I love Australia so I wasn\u2019t going to complain about that,\u201d Calderwood said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a great country and I know that there are a lot of U.K. and Scottish people over there, so I\u2019m just hoping now it will be in the U.S. and it will be closer for everyone to meet in the middle.”<\/p>\n
Calderwood last fought in September, when she defeated Andrea Lee by split decision to earn her shot at Shevchenko. Shevchenko, meanwhile, last defended her title with a lopsided win over Katlyn Chookagian.<\/p>\n
Where and when do you think the flyweight title fight between Joanne Calderwood and Valentina Shevchenko will happen?<\/p>\n
This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 3\/31\/2020. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joanne Calderwood says her UFC 251 flyweight title fight with champion Valentina Shevchenko, scheduled for June 6 in Perth, Australia, has been postponed \u2014 but shockingly not because of the coronavirus pandemic. Calderwood divulged this new info on MMA Fighting\u2019s\u00a0Eurobash podcast. \u201cWe got word last week that it\u2019s going to get pushed back,\u201d Calderwood said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":345899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10382,39610,10368],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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