Cynthia Calvillo is officially done with the 115-pound weight division.<\/p>\n
After closing out 2019 fighting Marina Rodriguez to a majority draw — a fight in which she missed weight<\/a> after her body began to shut down during her cut — Calvillo has made the decision to make the move up to the women’s flyweight division. The 32-year-old Calvillo will return to the division for the first time since her pro debut in August 2016.<\/p>\n The move is not just for the health of Calvillo, but a big part of the decision is to get the most out of the work put in leading into the fight for herself and the coaches around her.<\/p>\n “With my age, I’m 32, my body has changed since the time I made my [UFC] debut and it was really hard to do those weight cuts consistently,” Calvillo told BJPENN.com<\/a>. “I’ve fought so many times keeping my body weight low that it might have been damaging to my body. I’m learning that now and when I first got to the UFC, there was no flyweight division. There was only a strawweight division and I said I’ll give it a shot. I made it, I kept wanting to put myself through hell every single time and I did do that. That was a part of it, everybody cuts a bunch of weight. Girls and guys cutting weight, it’s just not the same.<\/p>\n “One of the things that made me realize [I need to make a move], for me to give the performances that, not only do I deserve with the work that I put in, but the work that my coaches put in and the support around me… I can make 125 easy. I’ll probably be a smaller fighter at 125 but me and my team, the people around me have decided that it’s better for me to fight at flyweight.”<\/p>\n