Lanark’s Joanne Calderwood wins MMA bout in India

NOT content with wanting to be the best Mixed Martial Arts woman fighter domestically, Lanark’s Joanne Calderwood has recently returned from India after a tremendous victory against a highly-rated Eastern European opponent.
By The Newsroom
Published 24th May 2012, 12:30 BST

Joanne, who only had her first MMA fight against France’s Noellie Molina in February, travelled to New Delhi as she fought on a massive international fight card in front of 12,500 people on India’s biggest MMA show – The Super Fight League.

The 26-year-old, who trains at Lanark MMA Club and the Griphouse Gym in Glasgow, fought Ukranian Lena Ovchynnikova, regarded as being the next big thing in women’s MMA due to her 8-1 professional record.

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But her reputation did not faze Joanne, who, took the fight to her opponent from the beginning.

And, despite only having four weeks notice for the fight, Joanne put in a very dominant performance to win unanimously on points after three tough five-minute rounds.

Joanne said: “I took the fight at short notice but I had been training really hard in the gym so it wasn’t going to be a problem.”

For more on this story pick up a copy of the Carluke and Lanark Gazette which is in the shops now.

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