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UFC Odds: Little to Choose Between Jessica Eye, Cynthia Calvillo in Saturday’s Main Event
“I’ll go down back to 115 for the right fight. But I just think that for my longevity as a professional athlete, I don’t think it’s a good idea for me to continue killing myself at strawweight,” Calvillo told MMA Junkie. “My body has changed a lot since then, and it is very difficult for me to make that weight.”
A former bantamweight, Eye often physically bullies her opponents at flyweight, and she figures to have a significant size advantage on Saturday as well. Calvillo’s most likely path to victory is to get the fight on the ground, where her superior wrestling could win rounds.
In the co-main event, Marvin Vettori takes on Karl Roberson in what should be a heated fight. Roberson failed to make weight for a scheduled bout with Vettori in May. While both men said they would fight at a catchweight instead, medical officials ruled Robertson medically ineligible to compete.
The two then found themselves in a hotel confrontation on the day they had expected to fight. While the beef will inevitably bring extra emotion into the fight, Vettori says it won’t distract him from his game plan.
You’ll see a lot of action, but I’m not stupid,” Vettori told MMA Junkie. “At the end of the day, you have to think, the worst thing you can do to him is to beat him and walk away with a dominant, super beautiful-fashioned win. That’s it. That’s what I’m going to do.”
William Hill has posted Vettori as a -220 favorite over Roberson (+180) in the middleweight clash.
The UFC is holding Saturday s event at the company s Apex facility in Las Vegas. The Apex will also host a June 27 card before the UFC turns to for its July slate of events.
