{"id":138470,"date":"2020-06-13T01:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=138470"},"modified":"2020-06-12T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T18:45:00","slug":"ufc-odds-little-to-choose-between-jessica-eye-cynthia-calvillo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ufc-odds-little-to-choose-between-jessica-eye-cynthia-calvillo\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Odds: Little to Choose Between Jessica Eye, Cynthia Calvillo in Saturday\u2019s Main Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jessica Eye and Cynthia Calvillo might both enter the main event at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas this Saturday feeling like they should be the favorite in their women\u2019s flyweight matchup.<\/p>\n

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Jessica Eye (right) punches Bethe Correia during their fight at FC 203 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on Sept. 10, 2016. (Image: Rey Del Rio\/Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eye and Calvillo are both fetching -110 odds at William Hill, while some sportsbooks have installed each of the two as the favorite.<\/p>\n

Eye, Calvillo Excited to Take Main Event Slot<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The unique circumstances of the fight make it difficult to handicap. Calvillo (8-1-1) is making her first appearance as a flyweight, moving up from the strawweight ranks after having trouble making weight in recent bouts. Eye (15-7) has emerged as the No. 1 contender in the UFC strawweight division. But that\u2019s as much by default as anything else: while she has had success in the division, she \u2013 like everyone else \u2013 is no match for flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko.<\/p>\n

Many fans and observers have ranked the Eye vs. Calvillo clash as one of the weaker main events in recent UFC history. But Eye says that she\u2019s amped-up to take center stage a week after Amanda Nunes dominated Felicia Spencer in the UFC 250 main event.<\/a><\/p>\n

I just think it\u2019s awesome that we have two weeks in a row where women are main-eventing,\u201d <\/strong>Eye told the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s such an evolution in the world. Women are just as much of a draw as the men, and I think it\u2019s just cool.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Calvillo sees the fight as a chance to establish herself in the flyweight division. She says that fighting at 125 pounds makes more sense for her if she wants to have a successful MMA career.<\/p>\n

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UFC Odds (Via William Hill)<\/span><\/h3>\n