Alexa Grasso left many individuals speechless together with her exhibiting in opposition to all-time nice Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 285.
The Mexican fighter ended Shevchenko’s historic title run on Saturday night time within the co-main occasion in Las Vegas. Shevchenko (23-4 MMA, 12-3 UFC), who was making an attempt to additional her file for essentially the most consecutive title defenses in girls’s UFC historical past, was submitted by Grasso (16-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) with a rear-naked choke within the fourth spherical.
Like many watching from residence, quite a few UFC stars, together with Islam Makhachev, Brandon Moreno, Mackenzie Dern, and others sitting cageside, have been fully shocked.
Beneath you possibly can watch their real-time reactions to Grasso’s championship win.
The Octagon-side reactions to @AlexaGrasso‘s MASSIVE title victory! #UFC285 pic.twitter.com/opzHyeQadn
— UFC (@ufc) March 5, 2023
Grasso stays unbeaten since transferring as much as 125 kilos. She left strawweight and switched to flyweight in 2020 and racked up 4 consecutive wins earlier than getting the title alternative. En path to the belt, she defeated Ji Yeon Kim, Maycee Barber, Joanne Wooden, and Viviane Araujo.
Grasso is now the primary Mexico-born girl to win a UFC title. For Shevchenko, the loss halted a historic championship run as she had seven consecutive title defenses. This was additionally her first loss at flyweight since she dropped from bantamweight in 2018.
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