Mixed martial arts Joanne Calderwood will aim to make it 2-0 in the UFC when she takes on Maryna Moroz at UFC Fight Night Krakow on Saturday, April 11.
Herald Sport can exclusively reveal the bout, which will see undefeated Jojo take on Ukrainian Moriz. The UFC debutant also holds a perfect professional record - winning four of her five bouts to date by armbar.
It marks a dream scenario for Calderwood, who said last month that while she would of course love to fight on the UFC's upcoming card at The Hydro in Glasgow on Saturday, July 18, she would have ideally liked another bout in the meantime to avoid being inactive for too long.
Her coach at the Dinky Ninja Fight Team, James Doolan, has already started his research on Moriz and identified areas that can be targeted.
Joanne said: "I've just got back from training with Gunnar Nelson's team in Iceland and doing a bit of sightseeing and I've been offered the fight. I'm really happy and I now have eight weeks to prepare.
"James has had a look at her and seen a few things, so we will work out a game plan and get stuck into training. I definitely want to fight in Glasgow, but I wanted a fight before then because I want to remain active.
"This is my job and the way I get better is by facing different girls and the challenges they give me."
And a win over Moriz could keep alive the possibility of Calderwood fighting for the UFC's straw weight world title right on her doorstep. But that depends on the outcome of next month's title fight between champ Carla Esparza and Joanna Jedrzejczyk in Dallas, Texas.
Calderwood doesn't believe the UFC would make the champ defend her belt in front of a hostile Scottish crowd, but a nothing is certain in the world of MMA.
Jojo said: "We will have to wait and see what happens with the title fight. But in MMA you can never predict who is going to win. It would be a really special moment in my career to be able to for for the title in my hometown, but at the same time I'm just happy to be fighting at all."
Few MMA fans would deny that Calderwood is a red hot favourite to get a title shot at some point, but the 28-year-old believes it is better to let these things work themselves out. Missing out on reaching the final of the UFC's reality TV show The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) was a blow, but she insists it just wasn't her time.
"We sometimes put too much pressure on ourselves," she said. "It will come when the time is right. I learned through the TUF experience that it wasn't my time. It will come when it's right."
Besides her TUF defeat (which doesn't count towards her pro record), Calderwood's UFC experience has been incredibly positive. Already earmarked as one of the organisation's stars, she has much to be happy about.
And she was as surprised as anyone to hear that the European Judo Championships planned for Glasgow in April has been cancelled over a petty row between the European Judo Union (EJU) and British Judo. The EJU said it was unhappy with the UFC's sponsorship of the event, saying the organisation does not meet with the values of the EJU.
It's another example of the hurdles MMA as a sport still has to tackle in its ongoing battle for legitimacy, despite years of hard work to tighten rules and regulations.
Calderwood said: "It's crazy, it doesn't make any sense. Judo is a martial art, just like MMA. Think of all the athletes who will miss out because of something so silly."
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