Nunes vs Calvillo

Who won Nunes vs Calvillo?

Nina Nunes beat Cynthia Calvillo by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 13th August 2022 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Nina Nunes.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Nunes vs Calvillo stats

Nina Nunes stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Cynthia Calvillo made her way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Nina Nunes' UFC record stood at 5-4-0, while Cynthia Calvillo's came in at 6-6-1.

The stats suggested Nunes had an advantage in power over Calvillo, with a 40% knock out percentage over Calvillo's 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Calvillo had an advantage over Nunes, with a 33% submission rate over Nunes' 20%.

Nina Nunes was the older woman by 2 years, at 38 years old.

Nunes had a height advantage of 1 inch over Calvillo. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Nunes was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made her debut in 2010, 5 years and 11 months earlier than Calvillo, whose first professional fight was in 2016. She had fought 1 more professional rounds, 43 to Calvillo's 42.

Nunes vs Calvillo form

Calvillo had lost to all of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Lupita Godinez at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, she had been beaten by Nina Nunes at UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz on 13th August 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Arena, San Diego.

Going into that contest, she had been defeated by Andrea Lee at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had lost to Jessica Andrade at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

She had been beaten by Katlyn Chookagian at UFC 255 on 21st November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Calvillo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 28 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 8 months and 5 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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