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UFC on ESPN+ 1 winner Joanne Calderwood on Jessica Eye’s reply to callout: ‘I just see excuses’

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – On Saturday, at UFC on ESPN+ 1, Joanne Calderwood spoiled a highly-awaited UFC debut and added a third win to her unblemished record as a UFC flyweight in the process.

All in all, not a bad day in the office, but Calderwood (13-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC)  still had one issue with her unanimous-decision win over former KSW champion Ariane Lipski (11-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC).

“Obviously, I’m a little bit disappointed not getting the stoppage,” Calderwood said after the ESPN-televised preliminary card bout at Barclays Center. “But I’m happy I got the win and my paycheck is going to be much better than if I lost.”

Calderwood had yet to watch the fight, though, and maybe then she’ll change her mind a bit. She did, after all, get a solid and dominant  – hence, the pair of 30-26 scorecards – win over a touted prospect. And while she didn’t get the second straight submission win that she wanted, “JoJo” did show off her ever-improving ground game.

Calderwood, who’s recently made big changes on her training and relocated to Las Vegas, is now on a two-fight winning streak overall and 3-0 as a flyweight. And while she didn’t have a finish to strengthen her case, she figured it wouldn’t hurt to call out a fellow 3-0 UFC flyweight in Jessica Eye (14-6 MMA, 4-5 UFC).

Eye wasted no time responding.

Calderwood’s thoughts on the reply?

“I just see excuses,” Calderwood said.

Later, UFC President Dana White said Eye is likely to get her wish and is next in line for a stab at champ Valentina Shevchenko. But, hey, at least Calderwood shot her shot. Add that to the list of skills Calderwood is making strides on.

“Our job is to fight and, yeah, we can be vocal on who we want next and what we want next but, at the end of the day, UFC come back to us and tell us who we are fighting next,” Calderwood said. “I was trying to be more vocal and I was, on the lead-up to this fight, got a lot of hate for it. But I feel like, why should I not be the same when everyone else in the sport is doing that and that’s what they’re getting.”

To hear more from Calderwood, check out the video above.

And for complete coverage of UFC on ESPN+ 1, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

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