Esparza vs Calvillo

Who won Esparza vs Calvillo?

Carla Esparza beat Cynthia Calvillo by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 219, on Saturday 30th December 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Carla Esparza.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Esparza vs Calvillo stats

Carla Esparza stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Cynthia Calvillo made her way to the cage with an unblemished record of 6 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Carla Esparza's 16th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2014.

Carla Esparza's UFC record stood at 10-6-0, while Cynthia Calvillo's came in at 6-6-1.

The stats suggested Calvillo had a slight advantage in power over Esparza, with a 33% knock out percentage over Esparza's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Esparza and Calvillo would have been pretty equal, both with a 33% submission rate.

Carla Esparza was the younger woman by 1 year, at 37 years old.

Calvillo had a height advantage of 3 inches over Esparza. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Esparza was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made her debut in 2010, 6 years and 6 months earlier than Calvillo, whose first professional fight was in 2016. She had fought 30 more professional rounds, 72 to Calvillo's 42.

Esparza vs Calvillo form

Esparza had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Tecia Pennington at UFC 307 on 5th October 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Previous to that, she had been beaten by Weili Zhang at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, she had won against Rose Namajunas at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by split decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Before that, she had beaten Yan Xiaonan at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in the United States.

She had defeated Marina Rodriguez at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

Esparza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 21 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 11 months and 29 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Calvillo's last 3 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 4 months and 12 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 2 years, 9 months and 14 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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