News Alexa Grasso vs Valentina Shevchenko 3 set for UFC 306 on September 13th

[svmr_db]

 

[LoveMyMMA]

Yay

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Predicting this to be the WMMA Fight of the Year

 

[Gamer2k4]

I'm surprised at how many people are picking Grasso. She was down 2 rounds to 1 in the first fight (and was losing the fourth round until the submission), and she should have lost the second fight if the judging was consistent. What's she going to bring to this third fight that she didn't in the first two?

 

[FEDORGOATPRIDE15-0]

I'm surprised at how many people are picking Grasso. She was down 2 rounds to 1 in the first fight (and was losing the fourth round until the submission), and she should have lost the second fight if the judging was consistent. What's she going to bring to this third fight that she didn't in the first two?

Me too, people have amnesia and forget fast, Valentina will remind everyone she's still the best

 

[fortheo]

I'm surprised at how many people are picking Grasso. She was down 2 rounds to 1 in the first fight (and was losing the fourth round until the submission), and she should have lost the second fight if the judging was consistent. What's she going to bring to this third fight that she didn't in the first two?

You made similar comments about their other fights, yet grasso still has the belt. She brings the same thing she's always brought -- More durability, and the offensive potency/ability to steal the bigger moments of the fight, which tends to swing competitive rounds in her favor. Val will likely win more minutes of the fight yet again, only to get rocked or dropped or give up her back or neck in a round she was otherwise winning.

We've seen Grasso take val's best shots and keep coming, where as Val hasn't shown the ability to take Grasso's best shots as well. We've seen grasso deal with val's best positions in grappling, whereas Val hasn't dealt with grasso's best positions in grappling as well.

That isn't even mentioning the age and long lay off.

 

[JBJ was here]

I'm surprised at how many people are picking Grasso. She was down 2 rounds to 1 in the first fight (and was losing the fourth round until the submission), and she should have lost the second fight if the judging was consistent. What's she going to bring to this third fight that she didn't in the first two?

That's a silly way to say that the first two fights were pretty close to dead even but for Grasso getting the stop the first time around . Grasso was winning the fourth round by the time the first fight was stopped, so if Schevchenko defended a bit better that fight was 2-2 going into the fifth, and, while the 10-8 round in the second fight that turned it into a draw was weird, 3-2 for either fighter was not weird at all.

Anyway, Schevchenko is at an age and performance trajectory where she's fully expected to keep getting worse at this point in her career, and Grasso isn't. Grasso should be a slight favorite.

 

[blaseblase]

I'm surprised at how many people are picking Grasso. She was down 2 rounds to 1 in the first fight (and was losing the fourth round until the submission), and she should have lost the second fight if the judging was consistent. What's she going to bring to this third fight that she didn't in the first two?

It's a year later and Valentina is 36.

 

[ncboy]

You made similar comments about their other fights, yet grasso still has the belt. She brings the same thing she's always brought -- More durability, and the offensive potency/ability to steal the bigger moments of the fight, which tends to swing competitive rounds in her favor. Val will likely win more minutes of the fight yet again, only to get rocked or dropped or give up her back or neck in a round she was otherwise winning.

We've seen Grasso take val's best shots and keep coming, where as Val hasn't shown the ability to take Grasso's best shots as well. We've seen grasso deal with val's best positions in grappling, whereas Val hasn't dealt with grasso's best positions in grappling as well.

That isn't even mentioning the age and long lay off.

Grasso's grappling? You high?

 

[Contempt]

Where's the Who cares? option?

 

[T-dog.1337]

give her, her belt back!!

 

[Gabe]

Get this fight over with there’s more interesting g matchups to be made for Grasso in that weight class. They should make Fiorot vs Barber now.

 

[El Fernas]

They are 1-0-1, gotta love an unnecessary trilogy.

 

[GrantB13]

Rematches.... typical.

 

[Alacran]

Grasso by Sub

 

[fortheo]

Grasso's grappling? You high?

yeah, cause why would grasso's grappling ever be a factor against Val?

 

[AmonTobin]

Part 3 here we come! Yeahhhhh!

 

[SenorFranko]

Will always cheer for Grasso