Ariel Helwani of ESPN reported this afternoon that Joanne Calderwood vs Kalindra Faria has been added to UFC Fight Night 135 Aug. 25 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, NE. This fight will be at Flyweight. Of course Joanne is a very popular fighter from Glasgow, Scotland. She trains at Tristar in Montreal. She is 33 years old with an 11-3 record. Even back in her Invicta days when she was winning all her fights, I thought that she was a one dimensional kickboxer. It's fine to be a kickboxer if she has good takedown defense. But that's been her downfall in the UFC. We haven't seen her for a year so we'll see if there is any improvement. It may not matter for this fight because Kalindra may be the most inept fighter in the UFC. She's 31 years old from Sao Paulo, Brazil with an 18-7 record. She's 0-2 on the UFC but I had seen her before that. Her last fight tells you everything you need to know. She rocked Jessica Eye with a first round head kick. She could have finished that fight. But she didn't seem to know what to do and she lost by split decision. I expect if Kalindra loses this fight, she gets a one way trip to Palookaville in the Brazilian regional circuit.
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