Las Vegas’ UFC Apex Facility was built within the company’s headquarters to allow the promotion to put on world-class fights during the coronavirus pandemic. On Saturday, the Octagon will come alive once again with UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo. It’s the second weekend in a row in which the growing women’s division will headline an event, as No. 1-ranked flyweight Jessica Eye takes on No. 10 Cynthia Calvillo. The main UFC Fight Night card begins at 9 p.m. ET.
The main event is a pick’em, with William Hill offering a price of -110 (risk $110 to win $100) on both fighters in the latest UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo odds. In the co-main event atop the UFC fight card, Marvin Vettori (-200) takes on Karl Roberson (+175) in a battle of middleweight prospects. Before making your UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo predictions, make sure you check out what SportsLine MMA analyst Kyle Marley has to say.
Marley won the first-ever “ToutMaster” UFC betting contest sponsored by MMAOddsBreaker and also appears regularly on multiple MMA betting and DFS shows. Over the past 15 months, $100 bettors who have followed Marley’s picks are more than $20,000.
The accomplished MMA analyst has been on fire, as he has connected on a whopping nine consecutive main-event winners, which includes a streak of five straight underdogs. His streak includes nailing UFC 250, as favored champion Amanda Nunes made relatively easy work of Felicia Spencer to successfully defend her featherweight title in the main event. In addition to picking up another winner on Nunes, Marley also called a victory for Cody Garbrandt (-145) in his much-anticipated return to the Octagon against Raphael Assuncao (+125) in the co-main event. Anyone who has consistently followed Marley is way up.
Now, with UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo fast approaching, Marley has carefully studied every matchup on the card, identified the best value in the UFC odds and released his MMA picks for every fight. Those UFC picks are only available at SportsLine.
Eye vs. Calvillo preview
Eye (15-7-1) is the top-ranked flyweight contender who already has come up short against Valentina Shevchenko in a title bout. She was stopped by a head kick in the second round in June of last year.
Even so, the 33-year-old Ohio native has won four of her past five bouts. She responded to the loss against Nunes with a unanimous-decision victory over Viviane Araujo in December.
Many MMA observers feel the move to flyweight (125 pounds) is long overdue for Calvillo. She has missed weight at strawweight (115 pounds) four times in her professional MMA career, including three times with the UFC.
Calvillo (8-1-1) is the No. 10-ranked strawweight and has gone 5-1-1 in seven UFC bouts. The San Jose, Calif., native has gone 2-0-1 in her last three bouts, and the sole defeat of her UFC tenure came against respected veteran Carla Esparza. She is coming off a controversial majority draw against No. 9-ranked Marina Rodriguez in December. You can see Marley’s Calvillo vs. Eye picks here.
Top UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo predictions
We’ll reveal one of Marley’s UFC Fight Night predictions here: He is backing Jordan Griffin to win as a -180 favorite over Darrick Minner (+160) in a featherweight bout. The two went head-to-head just over two years ago in the Legacy Fighting Alliance. In that fight, Minner took control early before Griffin eventually scored a win by submission in the second round.
After losing his first two bouts in the UFC by decision, Griffin collected a second-round win over T.J. Brown in February. Meanwhile, Minner is coming off a loss on the same night and has gone just 5-5 in his last 10 fights.
“Minner comes out of the gates hot and sometimes finishes, but if he doesn’t, he ends up getting finished himself. There is a good chance this fight goes the same way,” Marley told SportsLine.
How to make UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo picks
Marley also has strong picks for Eye vs. Calvillo and every other bout on the UFC Fight Night card. He’s also backing one combatant who is “the much higher-paced fighter and better wrestler.” You can see those selections at SportsLine.
Who wins Eye vs. Calvillo? And how exactly does each fight end? Visit SportsLine now to get detailed picks on every fight on Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card, all from the accomplished expert who’s up more than $20,000 and has hit nine straight winners, and find out.
UFC Fight Night odds:
Jessica Eye (-110) vs. Cynthia Calvillo (-110)
Marvin Vettori (-200) vs. Karl Roberson (+175)
Merab Dvalishvili (-370) vs. Ray Borg (+305)
Andre Fili (-220) vs. Charles Jourdain (+190)
Jordan Espinosa (-155) vs. Mark de La Rosa (+135)
Kevin Aguilar (-155) vs. Charles Rosa (+135)
Anthony Ivy (-190) vs. Christian Aguilera (+170)
Jordan Griffin (-180) vs. Darrick Miner (+160)
Julia Avila (-500) vs. Gina Mazany (+400)
Ryan Benoit (-115) vs. Tyson Nam (-105)
