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Calvillo (9-1-1), who moved up a weight class
and was in her first five-round fight, had just a few weeks to
train for the fight and came out a bit sluggish. Eye (15-8) --
who came in a quarter pound over the non-title flyweight limit
of 126 pounds -- landed several jabs to control the first round,
giving Calvillo a small cut on the nose.
But the Mexican-American from Sacramento by way of San Jose
quickly turned the tables, scoring takedowns in each of the
final four rounds and racking up more than five minutes of
control. Calvillo never appeared close to a submission until
late in the final round, but it didn't prove necessary, as two
judges scored the fight 49-46 and one scored it 48-47.
"I feel great, especially for putting on a performance like that
with like, a short amount of train," Calvillo said afterward. "I
understand we're all going through crazy times, so it feels
amazing to be able to do that through this time.
.".. I knew that it was going to take me a little bit to really
get it going. I needed that first round to really warm up and
get my feet going."
Eye, the top contender in the division coming in, was the more
effective striker early. But Calvillo landed more head shots as
the bout continued and snuck in a few effective kicks, including
one particularly heavy head-kick. She finished with
ground-and-pound blows late in Round 5 to cap the victory.
Earlier Saturday, Italy's Marvin Vettori (15-4-1) outclassed
Karl Roberson (9-3) in a middleweight bout, finishing him at
4:17 of the first round via rear-naked choke after dominating
the striking earlier in the round.
Vettori rained down punches from a half-mount near the cage,
forcing Roberson to give up his back, and Vettori quickly ended
it with the choke.
In other main-card fights, Charles Rosa (13-4) survived a split
decision over Kevin Aguilar (17-4) in a lightweight bout; Andre
Fili (21-7) snuck by Charles Jourdain (10-3) via split decision
in a battle of featherweights; Jordan Espinosa (15-7) scored a
unanimous decision over Mark De La Rosa (11-5) in a bantamweight
fight; and Mariya Agapova (9-1) submitted fellow flyweight
Hannah Clifers via rear-naked choke at 2:42 of the first round.
--Field Level Media
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