Marina Rodriguez 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 Cynthia Calvillo (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.
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
