[autotag]Marina Rodriguez[/autotag] is still undefeated.
The Brazilian fighter didn’t lose at Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 7, but she didn’t win either. Rodriguez (12-0-2 MMA, 2-0-2 UFC) went the distance with [autotag]Cynthia Calvillo[/autotag] (8-1-1 MMA, 5-1-1 UFC) whereupon the judges scored the fight a majority draw.
The official scorecard was 29-28, 28-28, 28-28 with one scorecard favoring Rodriguez.
The catchweight fight (Calvillo missed the contracted strawweight limit at Friday’s weigh-in) was the UFC on ESPN 7 co-main event at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. It aired on ESPN following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+.
The first two rounds were all Rodriguez. She landed the best shots of round one, rocking Calvillo with a knee. Calvillo had some moments on the feet and did get a takedown in the last seconds of the round, but that wasn’t enough to outshine Rodriguez’s work with her muay Thai.
The second round was also a good five minutes for Rodriguez. She landed solid strikes and hurt Calvillo with several times with shots to the body.
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It was in the third round where Calvillo had her best moments. Calvillo got a takedown early in the round and worked from half guard, landing heavy ground-and-pound and mauling Rodriguez for the majority of the five minutes.
Calvillo is 2-0-1 since her first professional loss to former UFC and Invicta strawweight champ Carla Esparza in 2017. Meanwhile, Rodriguez picked up her second draw in her four-fight UFC career.
Up-to-the-minute UFC on ESPN 7 results include:
- Cynthia Calvillo vs. Marina Rodriguez declared majority draw (29-28, 28-28, 28-28)
- Ben Rothwell def. Stefan Struve via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 4:57
- Aspen Ladd def. Yana Kunitskaya via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 0:33
- Cody Stamann vs. Song Yadong declared majority draw (29-27, 28-28, 28-28)
- Rob Font def. Ricky Simon via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
- Tim Means def. Thiago Alves via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 2:38
- Billy Quarantillo def. Jacob Kilburn via submission (triangle choke) – Round 2, 3:18
- Bryce Mitchell def. Matt Sayles via submission (twister) – Round 1, 4:20
- Joe Solecki def. Matt Wiman via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)
- Virna Jandiroba def. Mallory Martin via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 1:16
- Makhmud Muradov def. Trevor Smith via knockout (punch) – Round 3, 4:09
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