Alexa Grasso recently named potential opponents she would like to face if she gets past Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306.
Grasso will put her women’s flyweight title on the line in a trilogy clash against Shevchenko in the co-main event at UFC 306 on Saturday at the Sphere in Las Vegas. While Grasso would ideally like to clear out the whole flyweight division, the Mexican isn’t looking past “Bullet.”
Currently the No.1 ranked women’s pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC rankings, Grasso named strawweight champion and No.2 ranked Zhang. “It will be one of my biggest fights to date. She is strong, powerful and well-rounded. She is a great fighter and I even heard she would love to test herself at 125, so I would love to welcome her.''Manon Fiorotis more deserving of the title shot than Rose,” Grasso said. “She has been in the division longer and she has a bigger win streak.
Meanwhile, Fiorot hasn’t lost since her pro debut in 2018 and has seven UFC victories to her name. The Frenchwoman would probably have fought Grasso for the title already if she didn’t injure her arm in her unanimous decision win overthis past March. While Grasso also has double champ aspirations, her friends in other weight classes are hindering those plans. Strawweight Loopy Godinez and Bantamweightin Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
“I would love to be a two weight-world champion, it is such a big question and goal for me,” Grasso said. “However, I have friends in the upper weight classes such as Loopy Godinez in the strawweight division and Irene Aldana in the bantamweight division, and our team's goal is to all be champions in each of our weight classes, so I would have to pause that dream for now.
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