A women’s strawweight bout has been announced for July’s UFC Fight Night 72 in Scotland as Joanne Calderwood will meet Bec Rawlings.
The fight booking was announced by the UFC today.
UFC Fight Night 72 will come from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland on July 18 and the main event for the fight card has not been announced at this time.
Calderwood (9-1) is coming off her first career defeat as she was submitted by Maryna Moroz at UFC Fight Night 64. She is 1-1 in the UFC and four of her career wins have come by TKO/KO. Rawlings (6-4) lost her UFC debut at The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale last year and is coming off a win against Lisa Ellis. She defeated Ellis by submission and it was her fourth career submission win.
The current UFC Fight Night 72 fight card is below.
Joseph Duffy (13-1) vs. Ivan Jorge (26-4)
Leon Edwards (9-2) vs. Pawel Pawlak (11-1)
Robert Whiteford (11-2) vs. Paul Redmond (10-5)
Ilir Latifi (9-4, 1NC) vs. Hans Stringer (22-6-3)
Leonardo Mafra (12-2) vs. Stevie Ray (17-5)
Joanne Calderwood (9-1) vs. Bec Rawlings (6-4)