Issue 115
June 2014
Fighting your teammates is a taboo subject in MMA, so FO stages its own three-round, 15-question face-off. Dinky Ninjas training partners Joanne Calderwood and Rob Whiteford collide.
Round 1: AROUND THE OCTAGON
What age did you start training?
Calderwood: “I started training Muay Thai at 13.”
Whiteford: “Training MMA since I was 17. But I’ve been fighting since primary school.”
How quick was your fastest knockout?
Calderwood: “I think it was three or four minutes.” (3:08, April 2013)
Whiteford: “Maybe 28 seconds.”
(0:15, October 2011)
Favorite move to end a fight?
Calderwood: “Elbow knockout.”
Whiteford: “Knockout.”
Favorite part of training camp?
Calderwood: “All of it.”
Whiteford: “The Sunday off where I’m chilling on the beach.”
Would you prefer a ‘Fight of the Night’ or an early TKO?
Calderwood: “‘Fight of the Night’ – I’ve not had one. My TKOs have all been one sided.”
Whiteford: “’Fight of the Night.’”
10-10 – Calderwood’s tardiness and Whiteford’s suntan keep things even
Round 2: PERSONAL LIFE
What car do you drive?
Calderwood: “I walk everywhere. I just recently sold my turbo diesel Vauxhall Astra.”
Whiteford: “A 2006 Volkswagen Golf.”
Favorite luxury item?
Calderwood: “Trainers. Nike Jordans.”
Whiteford: “A hot tub. It’s the best investment ever made for coming home from training.”
Do you have any pets?
Calderwood: “No. But I do sponsor an orca, a killer whale, called Pointer.”
Whiteford: “Yes, a cat called Ollie.”
Who is your hero?
Calderwood: “In sport, Anderson Silva. In life, my sister.”
Whiteford: “I haven’t got a hero.”
Who is your ideal man/woman?
Calderwood: “If training was a man that would be it.”
Whiteford: “My girlfriend – she’s sitting next to me so I better say her.”
10-9 – Whipped Whiteford gets outworked in the inspiration stakes
Round 3: HAVE YOU EVER. . .
…stolen anything from a hotel?
Calderwood: “Yeah, mostly tea bags, milk and biscuits.”
Whiteford: “Yep, an iron!”
…dropped food on the floor but eaten it anyway?
Calderwood: “Yeah, the five-second rule!”
Whiteford: “Of course.”
…had a crush on a friend’s father/mother?
Calderwood: “Yeah, all my teammates’ fathers (laughs).”
Whiteford: “Let’s think – probably yeah.”
…killed your dinner?
Calderwood: “No, that’s on the to-do list.”
Whiteford: “Nope.”
…ridden an animal?
Calderwood: “Yeah, a horse.”
Whiteford: “Do you mean sexual or actually riding an animal? I’ve ridden a horse.”
10-10 – Between jibes and over-sharing there’s nothing in the final round
30-29 Calderwood – It could hardly be closer, but chalk another one up for womankind.
