Alexa Grasso has revealed who could be her dream opponent contained in the Octagon.
Grasso is the reigning UFC girls’s flyweight titleholder. She will probably be placing her gold at stake in opposition to Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy struggle. The 2 will collide contained in the Sphere in Las Vegas on September 14th.
Whereas Grasso should concentrate on her rival forward of one other large title protection, she admits that UFC strawweight titleholder Zhang Weili is in her sights as a dream opponent.
Alexa Grasso Views Zhang Weili as Dream Opponent
Throughout an interview with Stake, Alexa Grasso mentioned probably sharing the Octagon with Zhang Weili sooner or later.
‘’Weili Zhang is my dream struggle,” Grasso informed Stake. “Will probably be one in every of my largest fights thus far. She is powerful, highly effective, and well-rounded. She is a superb fighter and I even heard she would love to check herself at 125, so I’d like to welcome her.’’
For Grasso, the chance to grow to be a two-division champion is intriguing, however she’d quite keep at 125 kilos to permit her teammates to shine.
“I’d like to be a two-weight world champion, it’s such an enormous query and purpose for me,” Grasso mentioned. “Nevertheless, I’ve pals within the higher weight lessons comparable to [Lupita] ‘Crazy’ Godinez within the Strawweight division and Irene Aldana within the Bantamweight division, and our staff’s purpose is to all be champions in every of our weight lessons so I must pause that dream for now.’’
First, there may be enterprise to care for with UFC 306. Because it stands proper now, Grasso is a slight favourite to maneuver previous Shevchenko on struggle night time. Whether or not or not issues will play out that means stays to be seen.
