An injury has knocked a home-city fighter off next month’s UFC on ESPN+ 13 card.
Cynthia Calvillo (8-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) is out of her women’s strawweight fight against Livinha Souza (13-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) with a broken foot, a team official told MMA Junkie on Friday. A replacement is expected to be sought for Souza to remain on the card, though there has not yet been an official announcement form the UFC.
Calvillo is a guest fighter this week at UFC 238 in Chicago and is expected to need at least six weeks to recover from the injury.
UFC on ESPN+ 13 takes place July 13 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif. The event streams on ESPN+.
Calvillo trains at Team Alpha Male, a longtime Sacramento fighting staple of a gym. After starting her career 6-0, she dropped a decision to Carla Esparza 18 months ago. But she bounced back with a submission win over Poliana Botelho in Argentina this past November, then outworked Cortney Casey for a decision at UFC on ESPN 1 in Phoenix in February.
Souza, from Brazil, is a former Invicta FC strawweight champion. The only loss of her pro career came by split decision to current UFC fighter Angela Hill in May 2016, and she surrendered her title. After two more Invicta wins, Souza came to the UFC and submitted Alex Chambers, then took a decision from Sarah Frota in February.
With the change, the latest UFC on ESPN+ 13 lineup now includes:
- Germaine de Randamie vs. Aspen Ladd
- Urijah Faber vs. Ricky Simon
- Mirsad Bektic vs. Josh Emmett
- Mike Rodriguez vs. Gian Villante
- Livinha Souza vs. opponent TBA
- Darren Elkins vs. Ryan Hall
- Cezar Ferreira vs. Marvin Vettori
- Beneil Dariush vs. Drakkar Klose
- Sara McMann vs. Nicco Montano
- Martin Day vs. Benito Lopez
- Karl Roberson vs. John Phillips
- Andre Fili vs. Sheymon Moraes
- Jonathan Martinez vs. Liu Pingyuan
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