Jennifer Maia has a unique opportunity to take a decided step forward in the flyweight division with her late notice fight against Joanne Calderwood, but her first priority will come on Friday during the official weigh-ins.
While the Brazilian has earned impressive wins in the division over Roxanne Modafferi and Alexis Daivs, Maia has also been haunted by a pair of misses on the scale in her two most recent fights.
She came in three pounds over the strawweight limit for her fight with Modafferi and then came in at 1.