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USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, June 16: Where to rank Cynthia Calvillo after big win?

Cynthia Calvillo sure did make a statement in the UFC women’s flyweight division on Saturday night.

The Sacramento, Calif. native, who had previously fought in the company’s strawweight class, had her first UFC fight one weight class up, and she made it look easy against a former title challenger.

Calvillo got the best of Jessica Eye, who missed weight for the UFC on ESPN 10 matchup at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, and showed off all her skills in earning a unanimous decision in the evening’s main event. Calvillo got a pair of 49-46 scorecards and a 48-47 from the judges at cageside.

That put Calvillo’s current unbeaten streak at four (3-0-1).  But where does it put her in the new division, the one over which Valentina Shevchenko reigns?

For now, we’ve placed her at No. 15 at 125 pounds, since, as impressive as it was, it was her first fight going up. But, we’re also taking into account her previous impressive run at 115 (where she’s no longer ranked, as she’s indicated the move to 125 is permanent), and we feel Calvillo belongs on the women’s pound-for-pound list, as well.

That’s not all that came out of UFC on ESPN 10. So to see where your favorite, or least favorite, fighters rank this week, check out the rankings, sorted by division in the drop-down menu above.

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