Mexico’s Alexa Grasso is the new women’s UFC flyweight champion after she ended Valentina Shevchenko’s dominant reign on Saturday night.
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Valentina Shevchenko & Alexa Grasso
Mexico’s Alexa Grasso is the new women’s UFC flyweight champion after she ended Valentina Shevchenko’s dominant reign on Saturday night.
Grasso and Shevchenko fought during the UFC 285 co-main event on March 4 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. After Grasso found success on the feet in the first round, Shevchenko started utilizing her grappling to take over the fight. But, it was Grasso’s grappling that ultimately paid off. Grasso used Shevchenko’s spinning back kick against her, snatching her back as soon as she threw it in the fourth round. Then, she caught the No. 2-ranked pound-for-pound female with a rear-naked choke, forcing the submission.
