Valerie Letourneau Talks About Wardrobe Malfunction At UFC Fight Night 89

In an interview with MMA Fighting, Valerie Letourneau spoke about her loss to Joanne Calderwood at UFC Fight Night 89, as well as the wardrobe malfunction she suffered. Here are highlights:

On her issues with the Reebok gear: “Even when I was warming in back, I changed twice, because I have three tops. They told me in my championship fight [against Joanna Jedrzejczyk], they could see I was wearing another top under the official top. And they said, ‘you can wear something under but it needs to be behind under the official top.’ The official top is so low. Even if I wear something under, if you move the top a little bit it’s going to show my boobs. And all fight [against Calderwood] I was worried, I was pulling it, I was uncomfortable. And what happened was in the third [round], she literally pulled the three tops, and they went all the way down. I honestly thought that everybody saw my breasts until I could see my fight itself.”

On taking a big kick: “So my face, I wasn’t hurt at all when she gave me the front kick to the face. And when I grabbed my chest, it wasn’t because I was hurt. It was just because I thought everybody saw my breasts. I was just very embarrassed. So that was one of the worst days I had. I don’t know what [Calderwood] told me, because we kind of spoke to me a little bit. She repeated something twice but I couldn’t understand what she was saying. So I just knew I needed to keep fighting. This isn’t something we should need to think about when we fight.”

On resolving the issue: “When I lose this fight, it’s just something I need to talk about. Because this shouldn’t happen. It’s not something I should have to think about during a fight. And even for her, I’m lucky that she didn’t jump on me, when I kind of covered up my breasts because, first it would be embarrassing for me, but [ever] for her, she’s in the momentum. The good thing is I have a meeting with Reebok, they called me and apologized for everything that happened during the fight and hopefully we’re going to have better gear at Zuffa for the ladies, because there’s a lot of choice for the shorts, but we have only one sports bra.”