When Joanne Calderwood meets Valerie Letourneau on June 18 at UFC Fight Night 89, a little slice of UFC history will be made. The fight is being billed as a "special flyweight attraction" and is expected to be contested at 125 pounds, rather than the 115-pound strawweight division for which both women have grown accustomed.
The UFC currently has two women's divisions, bantamweight and strawweight, and has stated that the bout between Calderwood and Letourneau is for now only a one-off. It is a stroke of good luck for Calderwood though, and further proof that in the fight game, it pays to ask for what you want.