Ashley   "Padre"   Calvert

Featherweight
Fighter's record
[W L D] : 3 - 8 - 0
  • Submission : 2 Wins - 4 Losses
  • TKO/KO : 0 Wins - 4 Losses
  • Decision : 1 Win - 0 Losses
  • Age : 39
  • Height : 5.77 (177 cm)
  • Reach : 72" (183 cm)
  • Leg Span : 40.9" (104 cm)
  • Stance : Orthodox
  • BG Discipline : MMA
  • Strengths : Very talented MMA athlete
    Solid boxing
    Solid wrestling
  • From : South Africa
  • Fighting out of : Pretoria, Johannesburg
  • Gym : C5 & w4mma
  • Trainer : Chantelle Calvert
Fighter's Skills Breakdown
  • Submission : 10%
  • Takedowns : 10%
  • Striking : 80%

Fighters Media

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Shannon van Tonder vs Ashley Calvert
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POWER REIGNS ATOP THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION!
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BATTLE OF THE BEHEMOTHS BOOKED TO BRAWL!
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MONEY TO BE MADE ON VANDAM AS ‘HHH’ COMES IN AS WORLD SPORTS BETTING FAVOURITE
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A KNOCK-OUT FIGHT WEEK SCHEDULE FOR EFC 98
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EFC 98 OFFICIAL FIGHT CARD
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THE KING IS BACK!
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WHO’S THE KING?
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MASSIVE WINNING OPPORTUNITIES AT EFC 95!
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KABESA AND SIMOES TO CLASH FOR THE ULTIMATE PRIZE AT EFC 95!
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THE GORILLA’S REIGN OF DOMINANCE BEGINS
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EFC 93 MAIN EVENT INTENSIFIES AT WEIGH-INS
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POTENTIAL HIGH REWARDS AT EFC 93!
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IT’S FIGHT WEEK!
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EFC 93 COUNTDOWN
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EFC 91 RESULTS
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EFC 91 WEIGH-IN
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HEADLINE BOUTS SHROUDED IN CONTROVERSY
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FINAL EVENT OF THE YEAR COULDN’T BE ANY BIGGER
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ZULU OVERCOMES THE ODDS
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DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS
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ATHLETE’S HEALTH, THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY
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HENNINGS NEW OPPONENT: MARIO ‘MACHINE GUN’ FERREIRA
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CALVERT CONCUSSED
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HENNING EXPLAINS COMMENT ABOUT CALVERT
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A PROMISE TO END CALVERT’S CAREER
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THANK YOU DURBAN
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ALLEN DOMINATES IN DURBAN
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HOME TOWN HOPEFULS
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OUT TO CHANGE DESTINY
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DOUBLE YOUR MONEY AND MORE ON THE THREE MAIN BOUTS
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DURBAN TAKES ON THE WORLD
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TWO BOUTS ADDED TO EFC 38
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EFC 36 FREE AT STER-KINEKOR
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Just Over Two Weeks To EFC 36
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War’s Coming, MMA Style
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Akleker Out, New Talent To Face The Professor
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Hawkey VS Ilunga At EFC AFRICA 19
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Africa’s Toughest Show Their Steel
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Champions Dominate EFC Africa 17
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Fight Night Has Arrived!
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EFC AFRICA 17 Weigh-In Results
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Nu Metro To Exclusively Broadcast Ten Explosive Bouts
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EFC AFRICA Live Weigh-In At 13:45 CAT On Thursday
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It’s Fight Week!
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1 Week Until Smith VS. Daniel, Ioannou VS. Mynhardt
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2 Weeks To Go To Efc Africa 17
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Less Than Four Weeks Until “The Epic Fight Night”
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Calvert Going To War With The ‘Commander’
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‘Warrior’ Groth Sharpens Weapons For EFC AFRICA 16
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Professor Analyses Iron Lion For EFC AFRICA 15
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Fun Had At El Grande Charity Day
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All 13 Bouts to Go Ahead Tonight!
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EFC AFRICA 14 – Watch weigh-in on 31 May
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Win big with EFC AFRICA and BetXchange
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EFC AFRICA 14 this Friday!
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EFC AFRICA 14 – Live at Nu Metro!
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Costa’s Final Countdown
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Denzil Wait has Skills to Show
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EFC AFRICA 14 – The Wolf Howls in Anticipation
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EFC AFRICA 14 – Animal Attack Imminent
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EFC AFRICA 14 – Makuebo vs Le Roux
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Can Calvert make a Comeback at EFC AFRICA 14?
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EFC AFRICA Confirms 13th Bout for 1 June
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EFC AFRICA 14 Overloaded with Champs
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Soldierboy Declares war on Middleweight Contenders
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Can Tinkerbell Humble Mr Magnificent?
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The Professor’s Done his Homework for EFC AFRICA 14
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What a great year, see you in 2012
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EFC Africa 11 – The next lightweight legend?
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EFC AFRICA 09 DVD available
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Twitter’s Hardest Hitters
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Calvert vs Groth Fight EFC AFRICA 09
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EFC 09 feedback – Wade “Warrior” Groth
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A new champion is crowned at EFC AFRICA 09
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The Evolution of Wentzel “The Animal” Nel
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Terrence “Trigger” Griessel is locked and loaded.
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It’s fight week, limited tickets still available
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Potts bares his Fangz
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Lesch injured, Vapi steps in to face Henderson
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Meet EFC AFRICA Stars at Nu Metro Cinemas this Saturday
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Chef: Cool, Calm and Collected
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Calvert Makes The Cut
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EFC AFRICA 09 Full Fight Card Released
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Kabulu vs Calvert Fight EFC AFRICA 07
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EFC AFRICA takes African MMA to new heights
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EFC AFRICA 07 – Robinson vs Potts
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EFC AFRICA 07 – Fight card changes
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EFC AFRICA 07 – Henderson arrives at 11th hour
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EFC AFRICA goes live worldwide – Free live internet broadcast

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Fight History

Pro Fight History

  • Opponent
  • Event
  • Result
  • Method
  • Vince Bembe
    EFC 98
    Loss
    KO
  • Tumisang Madiba
    EFC 95
    Win
    R1 Submission (Guillotine Choke)
  • Igeu Kabesa
    EFC 93
    Loss
    R1 Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
  • Sizwe Mnikathi
    EFC 91
    Win
    R3 Decision (Unanimous)
  • Guelor Sondi
    EFC 89
    Win
    R1 Submission (Guillotine Choke)
  • Sizwe Mnikathi
    EFC 38
    Loss
    R2 KO (Punches)
  • Alain Ilunga
    EFC 17
    Loss
    R1 Submission (Verbal)
  • Alexander Cheboub
    EFC 14
    Loss
    R2 Submission (Keylock)
  • Wade Groth
    EFC 09
    Loss
    R1 KO (Punches)
  • Francois Kabulu
    EFC 07
    Loss
    R2 TKO (Punches)
  • Donald Nzirawa
    EFC 06
    Loss
    R2 Submission (Kimura)

Exhibition Fight History

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  • Result
  • Method
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Fighters Biography

HERO?

Jesus Christ

HOW DID YOU GET INTO MMA?

Discovered the old UFC fighters and then joined Neil and Rory Diesel

WHAT ARE YOUR LIFE ACHIEVEMENTS?

I’m still here on this challenging ball called Earth

WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT JOB?

Personal trainer, MMA coach, MMA fighter

FAMILY LIFE?

I’m married to my beautiful wife and have kids

WHAT CAN THE FIGHT WORLD EXPECT FROM YOU?

I’m here to finish a chapter the right way, going out to have fun and fight the way I can fight

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Ashley   Calvert