Despite picking up key wins this past Saturday night, Cynthia Calvillo and Marvin Vettori are potentially facing a few months on the shelf.
Despite picking up key wins this past Saturday night, [autotag]Cynthia Calvillo[/autotag] and [autotag]Marvin Vettori[/autotag] are potentially facing several months on the shelf.
Calvillo (9-1-1 MMA, 6-1-1 UFC) was victorious over Jessica Eye (15-8 MMA, 5-7 UFC) in the five-round headliner of this past weekend’s UFC on ESPN 10, which took place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Vettori (15-3-1 MMA, 5-2-1 UFC) picked up a first-round stoppage over Karl Roberson (9-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) in the night’s co-main.
MMA Junkie today obtained the full list of medical suspensions from the Nevada Athletic Commission. Fighters can return sooner than the duration of their suspension if cleared by a doctor.
Calvillo must have her right shoulder cleared before she can return to action, or she could be forced to sit out until Dec. 11. Meanwhile, Vettori must have his right knee cleared, or he could also be ruled ineligible until December.
The complete list of UFC on ESPN 10 medical suspensions includes:
Calvillo: Must have right shoulder MRI. If positive, must have orthopedic or sports medicine doctor clearance or no contest until Dec. 11; minimum suspension until July 14 with no contract until July 5
Vettori: Must have right knee MRI. If positive, must have orthopedic or sports medicine doctor clearance or no contest until Dec. 11; minimum suspension until July 14 with no contract until July 5
[autotag]Charles Rosa[/autotag]: Must have forehead laceration cleared by a doctor or no contest until Aug. 13 with no contact until July 29
[autotag]Kevin Aguilar[/autotag]: Suspended until Aug. 13 with no contact until July 29
[autotag]Zarrukh Adashev[/autotag]: Suspended until Aug. 13 with no contact until July 29
[autotag]Mark De La Rosa[/autotag]: Suspended until July 29 with no contact until July 14
[autotag]Gina Mazany[/autotag]: Suspended until July 29 with no contact until July 14
[autotag]Anthony Ivy[/autotag]: Suspended until July 29 with no contact until July 14
[autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag]: Suspended until July 14 with no contact until July 5
[autotag]Hannah Cifers[/autotag]: Suspended until July 14 with no contact until July 5
[autotag]Gustavo Lopez[/autotag]: Suspended until July 14 with no contact until July 5
MMA Junkie today acquired a list of fighter salaries from the Nevada Athletic Commission for Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 10 event, which took place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, airing on ESPN and streaming on ESPN+. Calvillo (9-1-1 MMA, 6-1-1 UFC) was one of the night’s top earners, taking home a disclosed $110,000, including a $55,000 win bonus, for her victory over former UFC flyweight title challenger Jessica Eye (15-8 MMA, 5-7 UFC).
Equaling Calvillo’s pay was her former teammate and current UFC featherweight contender [autotag]Andre Fili[/autotag] (21-7 MMA, 9-6 UFC), who also took home $110,000 for his win over [autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag] (10-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC).
Total disclosed pay for the 10-fight card was $782,000.
The full list of UFC on ESPN 10 salaries includes:
The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, including the official UFC on ESPN 10 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay. They also do not include any other “locker room” or special discretionary bonuses the UFC sometimes pays. They also do not include pay-per-view cuts that some top-level fighters receive.
Check out all the facts and figures from UFC on ESPN 10, which saw Cynthia Calvillo beat Jessica Eye in Las Vegas.
The octagon returned again on Saturday with UFC on ESPN 10, which took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The action aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.
In the main event, [autotag]Cynthia Calvillo[/autotag] (9-1-1 MMA, 6-1-1 UFC) made a quick mark in her UFC women’s flyweight debut when she outworked former title challenger [autotag]Jessica Eye[/autotag] (15-8 MMA, 5-7 UFC) by unanimous decision.
Calvillo’s win closed out a 10-fight card that featured a few historic occurrences. For more on the numbers, check below for 35 post-event facts to come out of UFC on ESPN 10.
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General
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UFC on ESPN 10 tied the modern-era record for most sub-60-second finishes on a card with three. Four other events share that record.
[autotag]Marvin Vettori[/autotag], [autotag]Mariya Agapova[/autotag], [autotag]Tyson Nam[/autotag], and [autotag]Christian Aguilera[/autotag] earned $50,000 UFC on ESPN 10 fight-night bonuses.
UFC on ESPN 10 drew an announced attendance of zero for a live gate of $0.
Betting favorites went 8-2 on the card.
Betting favorites improved to 8-6 in UFC headliners this year.
The total fight time for the 10-bout card was 1:33:52.
Main card
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JUNE 13: (R-L) Cynthia Calvillo kicks Jessica Eye in their flyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on June 13, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
Calvillo was successful in her UFC women’s flyweight debut.
Calvillo has completed at least one takedown against seven of her eight UFC opponents.
Eye fell to 4-2 since she dropped to the UFC women’s flyweight division in January 2018.
Eye’s seven losses in UFC competition are the most of any female in company history.
Eye has suffered six of her seven UFC losses by decision.
Vettori (15-4-1 MMA, 5-2-1 UFC) has earned both of his UFC stoppage victories by submission.
[autotag]Karl Roberson[/autotag] (9-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) has suffered all four of his career losses by submission.
[autotag]Charles Rosa[/autotag] (13-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC) has alternated wins and losses over his past nine fights.
[autotag]Kevin Aguilar[/autotag]’s (17-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since March 2019.
[autotag]Andre Fili[/autotag]’s (21-7 MMA, 9-6 UFC) nine victories in UFC featherweight competition are tied for sixth most in divisional history behind Max Holloway (16), Darren Elkins (13), Cub Swanson (11), Jose Aldo (10) and Ricardo Lamas (10).
Fili has earned six of his nine UFC victories by decision.
[autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag] (10-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has suffered both of his UFC losses by decision.
[autotag]Jordan Espinosa[/autotag] (15-7 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by decision.
[autotag]Mark De La Rosa[/autotag]’s (11-5 MMA, 2-5 UFC) four-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since November 2018.
[autotag]Hannah Cifers[/autotag]’ (10-6 MMA, 2-4 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of her career. She hasn’t earned a victory since August.
Cifers suffered her second first-round submission loss in a 14-day stretch.
Cifers has suffered all four of her UFC losses by stoppage.
Preliminary card
Merab Dvalishivili
[autotag]Merab Dvalishvili[/autotag] (11-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) has earned eight of his 11 career victories by decision. That includes all four of his UFC wins.
Dvalishvili’s 13 takedowns landed set a new single-fight record for most in a UFC/WEC bantamweight fight. He held the previous record with 12 landed in a fight.
Dvalishvili became the second fighter in history to land 10 or more takedowns in three separate UFC bouts. Demetrious Johnson was the first fighter to accomplish the feat.
[autotag]Julia Avila[/autotag]’s (8-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) 22-second victory marked the fourth fastest finish in UFC women’s bantamweight history. Only Ronda Rousey (14 seconds, 16 seconds) and Germaine de Randamie (16 seconds) have faster wins.
[autotag]Gina Mazany[/autotag] (6-4 MMA, 1-4 UFC) suffered three of her four career losses by stoppage.
Mazany’s 22-second loss marked the fastest defeat of her career.
[autotag]Zarrukh Adashev[/autotag] (3-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.
Aguilera (14-6 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned all 11 of his career stoppage victories by knockout. He’s finished 10 of those wins in the first round.
[autotag]Anthony Ivy[/autotag] (8-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered all three of his career losses by stoppage.
UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.
Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 10 took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $95,000.
LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 10 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $95,000.
The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.
UFC on ESPN 10 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+.
The full UFC on ESPN 10 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Reebok’s multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2011 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $3,500 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,000; 6-10 bouts get $5,000; 11-15 bouts earn $10,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $15,000; and 21 bouts and more get $20,000. Additionally, champions earn $40,000 while title challengers get $30,000.
In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-30 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.
Full 2020 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
Check out the complete list of fighter walkout songs from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 10 event.
While it takes intense training, world-class skills and maybe even a bit of luck to register a UFC win, picking the right song to accompany you to the cage is a key talent, as well.
Inside, see what the fighters from UFC on ESPN 10 went with as their backing tracks in Las Vegas.
Previewing Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 172 fight between Jordan Espinosa and Mark De La Rosa , with MMA betting odds, picks, tips and bets.
Jordan Espinosa and Mark De La Rosa lock horns in a bantamweight fight on the main card at UFC Fight Night 172 Saturday at the UFC’s Apex Facility in Las Vegas. The prelims kick off at 6 p.m. ET, followed by the main card set for 9 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+.
Espinosa (14-7) enters as a moderate favorite over De La Rosa (11-4) in the first fight on the main card.
Espinosa holds a 4 1/2-inch reach advantage, and will look to add to his already sizable significant strikes landed per minute advantage. He leads that department 4.25 to 3.28 over De La Rosa, and has an even larger advantage in significant strike-accuracy percentage at 55.97 to 36.25. Espinosa isn’t a one-trick pony, though, and can grapple with the best of them, too. His numbers on the canvas are slightly better than what MDLR brings to the table.
Espinosa is hungry to snap a two-bout losing streak, as he was submitted in the first round against both Matt Schnell (Aug. 3, 2019) and Alex Perez (Jan. 25, 2020). However, the danger isn’t quite as high against De La Rosa, although you have to figure the challenger will certainly try his best to get the favorite to the mat.
De La Rosa is on a slide of his own, dropping his past three fights. “The Bumblebee” was knocked out in Round 2 last time out against Raulian Paiva Feb. 15, 2020, following a pair of unanimous-decision setbacks to Kai Kara-France Aug. 31, 2019, and Alex Perez March 30, 2019. De La Rosa’s last win was Nov. 10, 2018, a split-decision victory over Joby Sanchez. Three of De La Rosa’s past four fights have ended up going the distance, while Espinosa has finished inside the distance in three of his past four.
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ESPINOSA (-164) is the favorite, and you have to like him in this bout mainly because of his reach advantage and potential to finish with one punch. He makes his punches count, and De La Rosa doesn’t have the kind of ground game which would be a problem for the favorite. Based upon Espinosa’s significant strikes advantage and his work on the mat, taking NO (+170): WILL THE FIGHT GO THE DISTANCE? is a strong value.
New to sports betting? A $10 bet on Fili (-164) returns a profit of just 6.10, while a winning $10 bet on De La Rosa (+135) fetches a profit of $13.50. A $10 play on NO (+170) for “Will the fight go the distance?” returns a profit of $17.
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(Editor’s note: The new main card fight between Merab Dvalishvili and late replacement Gustavo Lopez happened too late to be included in our reader picks or staff members’ picks, so is not included here.)
The UFC is back Saturday with another event on its home turf.
UFC on ESPN 10 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+.
In the main event, recent women’s flyweight title challenger [autotag]Jessica Eye[/autotag] (15-7 MMA, 5-6 UFC) takes on [autotag]Cynthia Calvillo[/autotag] (8-1-1 MMA, 5-1-1 UFC). The oddsmakers have the fight as a virtual pick’em. But the picks from our 14 editors, writers, videographers and radio hosts have Eye with a fairly sizable 9-5 lead.
In the co-main event, [autotag]Karl Roberson[/autotag] (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) takes on [autotag]Marvin Vettori[/autotag] (14-3-1 MMA, 4-2-1 UFC) in a middleweight bout that was supposed to go down in May in Jacksonville, Fla., before Roberson was pulled after a hard weight cut. There’s bad blood now, and Vettori is more than a 2-1 favorite. He’s also got a big 12-2 lead in the picks.
Also on the main card, [autotag]Andre Fili[/autotag] (20-7 MMA, 8-6 UFC) meets [autotag]Charles Jourdain[/autotag] (10-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at featherweight. Fili is the third biggest favorite on the card, and he’s also got an 11-3 picks lead.
And to open the main card, [autotag]Jordan Espinosa[/autotag] (14-7 MMA, 1-2 UFC) fights [autotag]Mark De La Rosa[/autotag] (11-4 MMA, 2-4 UFC) in a bantamweight bout. Espinosa is a slight favorite, but he’s got a major 12-2 picks lead.
In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Calvillo (55 percent), Vettori (71 percent), Fili (75 percent) and Espinosa (60 percent) are the choices.
How to watch Eye vs. Calvillo, with betting odds for the full UFC Fight Night fight card.
The UFC is back at UFC APEX in Las Vegas for UFC Fight Night 172 Saturday night. Jessica Eye will meet Cynthia Calvillo in a Women’s Flyweight bout as the Main Event. All the action will be available on ESPN and ESPN+ beginning at 6 p.m. ET. Below, we look at the betting odds for the full UFC Fight Night fight card.
How to watch UFC Fight Night 172
Where can I watch UFC Fight Night – Eye vs. Calvillo?
UFC Fight Night 172 will be held at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.
UFC Fight Night 172 odds featuring Eye vs. Calvillo and full main card
Betting odds courtesy of BetMGM. All lines last updated Thursday at 3 p.m. ET.
UFC Fight Night’s main card is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. ET.
Jessica Eye (-120) vs. Cynthia Calvillo (+100)
Women’s Flyweight – Main Event. Eye is the division’s No. 1 contender with a record of 15-7. Calvillo is the 10th-ranked women’s flyweight and is 8-1-1.
Karl Roberson (+185) vs. Marvin Vettori (-228)
Two unranked middleweight fighters. Roberson is 9-2, Vettori is 14-4-1.
Merab Dvalishvili (-400) vs. Ray Borg (+310)
Bantamweight bout. Both fighters are unranked. Dvalishvili is 10-4, Borg is 13-5. It’s the most lopsided betting line on the main card.
Andre Fili (-228) vs. Charles Jourdain (+185)
Fili (20-7) takes on Jourdain (10-2) in a featherweight bout.
Jordan Espinosa (-164) vs. Mark De La Rosa (+135)
The 13th-ranked Espinosa enters UFC Fight Night at 14-7. De La Rosa is 11-4 heading into this bantamweight fight.
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UFC Fight Night 172 prelims card
The prelim card is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. ET.
Mariya Agapova (-250) vs. Hannah Cifers (+200)
The 5-foot-8 Agapova (8-1) is seven inches taller than Cifers (10-5), heading into this women’s flyweight bout.
Charles Rosa (+145) vs. Kevin Aguilar (-176)
Lightweight bout. Rosa is 12-4, Aguilar is 17-3.
Julia Avila (-500) vs. Gina Mazany (+375)
Avila puts her 7-1 record on the line against Mazany (6-3) in a women’s bantamweight fight.
Tyson Nam (-125) vs. Zarrukh Adashev (+100)
One of the closest betting lines of the night. The highly-experienced Nam (18-11-1) takes on Adashev (3-1) in a bantamweight bout.
Jordan Griffin (-164) vs. Darrick Minner (+135)
Two veteran fighters. Griffin (18-7) battles Minner (24-11) in what’s projected as a tight featherweight contest.
Anthony Ivy (-189) vs. Christian Aguilera (+155)
Welterweight bout. Ivy enters at 8-2; Aguilera is 13-6.
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Mark De La Rosa might have his back up against the wall – but he’s not fazed.
[autotag]Mark De La Rosa[/autotag] isn’t thinking about the ramifications of a loss at UFC on ESPN 10.
Currently, on a three-fight skid, De La Rosa (11-4 MMA, 2-4 UFC) likely will have his back up against the wall on Saturday. Regardless of the potential scenario, De La Rosa displayed a nonchalant, laid-back demeanor at Thursday’s virtual pre-fight media day.
“As far as pressure for me, there’s a lot of things I’m grateful for,” De La Rosa told MMA Junkie. “Just being stuck at home and seeing people suffer and seeing people not able to pay their bills or put food on the table. I’m definitely coming home with two checks on Saturday.”
Unlike many married fighters, De La Rosa is in a unique situation being the husband of UFC women’s flyweight Montana De La Rosa. The couple’s income largely depends on whether or not they fight, so the UFC’s swift return to action was welcomed by the De La Rosa’s with open arms.
“It’s awesome, man,” De La Rosa said. “I’m super, super grateful for the opportunity and happy I was one of the chosen few.”
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As for his matchup with Jordan Espinosa, De La Rosa hinted he’s figured him out. According to De La Rosa, Espinosa (14-7 MMA, 1-2 UFC) hasn’t evolved in recent fights and is predictable in nature.
“I don’t see anything different from him,” De La Rosa said. “I don’t see him as a different fighter. He fights the same way every time – super athletic, super jittery. He throws the same combos, dances, moves – a super athletic, exciting fighter. I’m going to try to impose my will with a pressure he’s never seen before.”
UFC on ESPN 10 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+.
Check out the virtual UFC on ESPN 10 pre-fight media scrum with Mark De La Rosa in the video above.
