Alexa Grasso knows what it’s like to be on the outside looking in as a title hopeful.
“It all depends on the UFC. If they want a trilogy, let’s do this,” Grasso said. “If not, I would like to give an opportunity for another girl. I know how it is to be fighting all the time, to wait for your spot, and I wouldn’t like to stop this division. But whatever the UFC says.”awarding Grasso a 10-8 fifth round on his scorecard, Shevchenko would have reclaimed the flyweight belt via split decision in the Noche UFC headliner at the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night.
The aforementioned knockdown was the first suffered by Shevchenko in her decorated UFC tenure. Grasso noticed that her rival, who landed four takedowns in the fight, began to rely more on wrestling and control after that moment.
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