Alexa Grasso plans on ending Valentina Shevchenko once more.
Flyweight champion Grasso (16-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) rematches Shevchenko (23-4 MMA, 12-3 UFC) within the headliner of the inaugural Noche UFC occasion on Sept. 16 at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas, which is Mexican Independence Day.
Grasso pulled off a shocking upset in March when she dethroned Shevchenko by fourth-round submission at UFC 285, and she or he sees herself incomes one other stoppage win over the previous longtime titleholder.
“Each single battle is totally different,” Grasso informed MMA Junkie in an interview facilitated by her sponsors at Stake.com. “You at all times have a plan in your thoughts and also you by no means understand how your opponent goes to reply, however one factor I can let you know is I’m going to complete the battle. I touched her within the first spherical, I used to be tremendous near do a knockout, but it surely didn’t occur. However, I used to be tremendous shut so, this received’t be totally different. I’m going to complete the battle regardless of (the place it goes). I’m going to submit her or it’s going to be a knockout.”
Shevchenko thought she was profitable till she bought stopped, calling Grasso a “likelihood fighter.” Grasso admits she’s not sure what Shevchenko’s method will probably be of their rematch, however expects the loss to have impacted her mentally.
“That is tremendous, tremendous fascinating and thrilling for me as a result of as an MMA fan and as an analyst that I work too, I wish to know what’s going to be her technique,” Grasso mentioned. “Now she’s the challenger which is totally totally different from what she has accomplished all these years.
“So, after all now she has to go for the throne as a result of when she was the champion, she was simply ready and ready, and I perceive that half. It’s going to be big, and I’m tremendous excited for this battle, I like to battle, and this implies quite a bit to me.”
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