Alexa Grasso will depart Las Vegas because the UFC ladies’s flyweight champion, however she did not depart with a victory over her rival Valentina Shevchenko.
Grasso and Shevchenko battled it out in a detailed five-round combat that resulted in a break up determination draw at Noche UFC. One decide scored the competition 48-47 for the champion, one decide scored the combat 48-47 for the problem, whereas a 3rd decide scored it 47-47 with the ultimate spherical scored 10-8 for Grasso.
“I feel I did sufficient,” stated Shevchenko in her post-fight interview contained in the Octagon. “In a good combat, in a good competitors, victory could be mine.”
Within the co-main occasion, Jack Della Maddalena added one other win over a top quality opponent as he squeaked by with a break up determination victory over Kevin Holland. Della Maddalena is now tied with Ian Garry for the longest energetic UFC win streak at welterweight along with his sixth straight victory.
ESPN MMA correspondents Jeff Wagenheim, Marc Raimondi and Brett Okamoto break down all of the drama from an action-packed evening in Las Vegas.