Yahoo Sports Loopy Godinez makes push for spot on Vancouver card after UFC 287 win
MIAMI – Loopy Godinez beat Cynthia Calvillo with a split decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 287 at Kaseya Center in Miami.
Take a look inside the fight with Godinez, who got back in the win column after a loss to Angela Hill in August 2022.
Cynthia Calvillo vs. Loopy Godinez
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Result: Loopy Godinez def. Cynthia Calvillo via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)
Updated records: Godinez (9-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC), Calvillo (9-6-1 MMA, 6-6-1 UFC)
Key stat: Calvillo outstruck Godinez 107-93, but Godinez’s 49.5 percent striking accuracy far outpaced that of Calvillo, who landed just 31.7 percent.
Godinez on the fight's key moment
Apr 8, 2023; Miami, Florida, USA; Cynthia Calvillo (red gloves) fights Loopy Godinez (blue gloves) during UFC 287 at Miami-Dade Arena. Mandatory Credit: Rich Storry-USA TODAY Sports
“I think after fighting so many times now, I have learned to control my emotions. It’s one more fight and it’s just me showing myself that I can do whatever I put my mind to do. I was having so much fun – striking and the blood, and then I was just like, ‘Oh my God, this is so much fun.’ Like, ‘I’m going to kill you,’ but I’m having so much fun – like a crazy woman. But I’m a crazy woman.”
Godinez on the tense moments
Apr 8, 2023; Miami, Florida, USA; Cynthia Calvillo (red gloves) fights Loopy Godinez (blue gloves) during UFC 287 at Miami-Dade Arena. Mandatory Credit: Rich Storry-USA TODAY Sports
“I don’t care who is in there. It’s just like, ‘(Who the) f*ck is that?’ All I see is her eyes and the inside of her. And she was also looking at me like that. So I’m like, ‘OK, right on.’ When you put two Latinas (in there), holy moly – you’re going to see crazy things. That’s why if you’re dating a Latina, I’m sorry for you.”
Godinez on what she wants next
Apr 8, 2023; Miami, Florida, USA; Cynthia Calvillo (red gloves) hugs Loopy Godinez (blue gloves) after their fight during UFC 287 at Miami-Dade Arena. Mandatory Credit: Rich Storry-USA TODAY Sports
“I live in Vancouver. They’re coming to Vancouver. That will be great to be there to fight in front of my family, in front of my friends, in front of everyone that I live and train with. That will be really cool. But let’s see what the UFC offers me, and I’ll be ready for whatever they want me to do. I would like to be pretty active.”
To hear more from Godinez, check out the video of the full post-fight interview above.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 287.
