Ariane Lipski will make her UFC debut in January, as she is set to fight Joanne Calderwood in a women’s flyweight bout at UFC 233.
ESPN first reported the matchup on Thursday. Lipski was supposed to be making her UFC debut later this month as she was set to fight Maryna Moroz, but a broken foot forced Moroz out of the fight.
Calderwood (12-3) returned to flyweight after a brief stint at strawweight this August, when she picked up the first submission win of her career against Kalindra Faria at UFC Lincoln. Before that win, “JoJo” dropped consecutive losses at 115 pounds, missing weight in her defeat to Cynthia Calvillo, and suffering a first round submission loss to Jessica Andrade.