by On Saturday at UFC Vegas 5, Jennifer Maia defeated Joanne Calderwood in flyweight action to likely earn the next shot at Valentina Shevchenko.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Jennifer Maia def. Joanne Calderwood via first-round submission (arm bar)
Maia improves her record to 18-6-1. Calderwood moves to 14-5.
Calderwood vs Maia is up NEXT on @espn+! #UFCVegas5 pic.twitter.com/0YMJm69XhG
— danawhite (@danawhite) August 2, 2020
C'mon @DRkneevil lets go jojo #ufcvegas5 🇬🇧
— Arnold billy allen (@Arnoldbfa) August 2, 2020
UPSET!
— UFC (@ufc) August 2, 2020
🇧🇷 Jennifer Maia shocks Calderwood w/ a RD 1 sub.
Main event is next ➡️ LIVE on ESPN+ pic.twitter.com/1vObSH0Lhj
Huge win for Maia tonight. You have to think she just took JoJo's spot for a chance at the title.. #UFCVegas5
— Megan Anderson (@MeganA_mma) August 2, 2020
TITLE SHOT? 🏆 Jennifer Maia's has shook up the division. #UFCVegas5 pic.twitter.com/SvTuwIWCAu
— UFC (@ufc) August 2, 2020
See you soon Jennifer Maia 👊🏻
— Valentina Shevchenko (@BulletValentina) August 2, 2020
Unlucky @DRkneevil You’ll be back and as always I’ll be watching.
— michael (@bisping) August 2, 2020
Damn nasty arm bar! #UFCVegas5
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) August 2, 2020
The Thrill and the Agony. #UFCVegas5 pic.twitter.com/HT6sCBXVzR
— UFC (@ufc) August 2, 2020
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I didn’t see that coming ! ha ha ! Well, I think Maia can make a fight against Shevchenko more competitive than Jojo after seeing tonight.
I also didn’t expect that, but still think that neither of them stands a chance against Valentina.
JoJo looked ‘off’ from the jump to me, even slower than usual. Maia has good speed and power but her accuracy/precision could be better… but she was still lighting Calderwood up. Had *that* version of JoJo faced V-Shev, it truly woulda been a massacre. I only hope the fainting incident doesn’t forebode anything more untoward…
Wait, Jojo fainted ? I knew a guy on the card fainted, and his fight was canceled.
Agreed! How do you think Maia matches up against the champ?
Maia will need to get it to the ground, ha ha, to have any chance !