4:54 PM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi LAS VEGAS — After months of frustrating setbacks and cancellations, UFC middleweight Marvin Vettori finally got to fight — and he looked pretty good doing so. Vettori (15-3-1) submitted Karl
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1:22 AM ET Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card started with three first-minute flash knockouts and ended with Cynthia Calvillo making an emphatic statement in her UFC women’s flyweight debut. Calvillo soundly defeated Jessica Eye and instantly put herself in the conversation among the best in the division. Merab Dvalishvili made an impression of his own,
12:31 AM ET Cynthia Calvillo is a UFC women’s flyweight contender after just one fight in the division. Calvillo rolled in a unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) win over Jessica Eye on Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. Calvillo took Eye down in four out of five rounds
3:10 PM ET UFC president Dana White officially announced the company’s next two events to ESPN on Friday. Both will take place at the UFC’s Apex facility in Las Vegas. A heavyweight bout between Curtis Blaydes and Alexander Volkov will headline UFC Fight Night on June 20, and a highly anticipated lightweight fight between Dustin
4:54 PM ET UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko has looked unbeatable during her four-fight title reign, but the division is still full of challengers working toward their shot at the belt. That list includes former title challenger Jessica Eye (15-7) and Cynthia Calvillo (8-1-1), who will meet in the main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight
8:00 AM ET On Dec. 6, 2019, UFC strawweight Cynthia Calvillo barricaded herself in her Washington, D.C., hotel room and wept, alone, for hours — one day before she was to face an undefeated, surging prospect in Marina Rodriguez. Calvillo, who faces Jessica Eye (15-7) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas, was
1:40 PM ET Jessica Eye has missed weight for a second straight bout. The UFC women’s flyweight contender came in at 126.25 pounds — .25 over the flyweight limit — Friday morning for her scheduled UFC Fight Night main event against Cynthia Calvillo. Calvillo weighed in successfully at 126 pounds. When Eye got off the
5:13 PM ET Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos will return to action later this summer. JDS vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik has been verbally agreed to for UFC 252 on Aug. 15, sources told ESPN. Combate first reported the fight. Dos Santos (21-7) will look to snap a two-fight losing streak. He most recently lost
5:56 PM ET Ray Borg has withdrawn from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night bantamweight bout against Merab Dvalishvili because of personal reasons, the UFC said Thursday. Borg’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, told ESPN that Borg had a “family emergency.” Borg was absent from the card’s virtual media day Thursday and his withdrawal was announced afterward. New signee
Jun 8, 2020 Former bantamweight champion Holly Holm will make her return to the Octagon against Mexican contender Irene Aldana on Aug. 1, sources said. The UFC originally planned to promote a pay-per-view event on Aug. 1, but that particular date has since been changed to a UFC Fight Night. It is expected to take