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 same age as Cynthia Calvillo, 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.

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Calvillo's last 3 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 28 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 2 years, 8 months and 9 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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