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Cynthia Calvillo Leaves Team Alpha Male

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Ultimate Fighting Championship strawweight Cynthia Calvillo is no longer with Uriah Faber’s Team Alpha Male. The Sacramento-based mixed martial arts gym is home to many top fighters, including former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt.

Calvillo (8-1) has won two straight since losing to UFC inaugural strawweight champion Carla Esparza in December 2017. With TAM for her entire UFC career, Calvillo, 31, confirmed to ESPN’s Ariel Helwani that the time had come for her “to move on.