BOLD Prediction: Shevchenko loses rematch to Grasso

Tough to gauge if it's BOLD or reasonable.

Fully believed she would walk through Grasso.

Valentina could've been injured / sick during camp, or needs better coaching.

The seams were a bit loose, and unraveled conveniently around a spinning move.
 
Depends on the adjustments she makes it could go her way. To be honest, she looked a bit slower on the feet and her gameplan wasn’t the best.

Grasso wasn’t afraid and looked great standing up. Despite her winning by submission, she could work on her bottom game.
 
Gilday said:
So you think 9 meaningless strikes would've mattered more than Alexa take Val's back, getting her down and working a choke/choking her for a minute straight? Just go look at the scoring of the 4th round in Volk/Islam to see why that's completely wrong, and the strike differential in that round was far bigger than 9.
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What God's name are you talking about? I clearly said "before she whiffed on her spinning shit with a minute left", and I said it in both posts. They were 4 minutes into a 5 minute round when Valentina threw her spinning kick and gave away her back, hence the "less than a minute away".

Islam took Volk down and had his back for 3 1/2 minutes of a 5 minutes round, and the significant strikes were 6-4 that round.
 
Welterskelter said:
I think she's making a big mistake demanding an immediate rematch. If she loses twice, it will be a huge setback for her. If she rematches Taila Santos that would be another setback. Is her best bet to challenge Fiorot or Blanchfield? Rematch Nunes? Or do you think she should take a gamble and rematch Grasso right away?
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I don’t know how bold that is, or who the favorite should be.

I think Shevchenko of 4-5 years ago murders her, but she seems to have lost a step speed wise.
 
nostradumbass said:
Why would she rather fight those others instead of Grasso? They're just as good but she doesn't get a title if she wins. She wasn't dominating Grasso, but she was less than a minute away from being up 3-1 and having the fight in the bag before whiffing on her spinning shit.
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I didn't think the fight was in the bag. Still a whole round left (could have been 2-2 by end of R4), Shevchenko looked like she was running out of steam, and Grasso was still looking like the fresher fighter and bringing it. Undeniably great performances by both.
 
why is that BOLD? Valentina was losing the striking battle and despite winning many of the grappling exchanges she ended up getting subbed.
 
BangBang said:
For someone so risk adverse, she is surprisingly careless. That's not all on her, the competition was nom-existent until recently, and now she has actual skilled opposition she can't expect to fuck around and win whichever way.

The rematch will tell.us everything. I harbour some hope for a legend but her consistent disregard for her opponents will mean I won't be crying no river if she loses.....
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As for the fateful kick at the end, I think the recklessness came from exhaustion and losing some composure. I think she was getting tired and flustered when Grasso wasn't going away.
 
Welterskelter said:
I think she's making a big mistake demanding an immediate rematch. If she loses twice, it will be a huge setback for her. If she rematches Taila Santos that would be another setback. Is her best bet to challenge Fiorot or Blanchfield? Rematch Nunes? Or do you think she should take a gamble and rematch Grasso right away?
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I'm thinking Grasso comes back with even better grappling/TDD. I'm favoring Grasso in the rematch as well.
 
Siver! said:
Yet another fight that shouldn't be rematched.

Seriously why in the hell would fights get rematched JUST because they were for a title?

No other fights get rematched, even squiffy finishes and bad decisions.

Fuck main event rematches.
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As someone who's generally believed that dominant champs should get immediate rematches, I'm starting to see things your way.

Fighters like Usman, Izzy, and Val could at least win 1 solid fight before getting their rematch. The constant rematches are starting to get a bit tired.
 
ChimRichalds said:
As someone who's generally believed that dominant champs should get immediate rematches, I'm starting to see things your way.

Fighters like Usman, Izzy, and Val could at least win 1 solid fight before getting their rematch. The constant rematches are starting to get a bit tired.
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I don't get why they don't.

Like I've said before, I think it's some weird nod to mandatory rematch clauses in boxing (those contracts are negotiated fight-by-fight), but it doesn't apply (at all) to UFC fighters.

It's so weird to starve fans of rematches at every single level except championship level, at which point we're forcefed them over and over again.

A bizarre dichotomy.
 
Siver! said:
I don't get why they don't.

Like I've said before, I think it's some weird nod to mandatory rematch clauses in boxing (those contracts are negotiated fight-by-fight), but it doesn't apply (at all) to UFC fighters.

It's so weird to starve fans of rematches at every single level except championship level, at which point we're forcefed them over and over again.

A bizarre dichotomy.
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Imagine. GSP fighting 2 more times before rematching Matt Serra (who got title match by TUF lottery) for the unified title..That's just unheard of today.
 
Tbh she might indeed lose it. While shevchenko was winning, it certainly wasn’t domination, and there is evidence that Val is starting to slow down in her domination of the division.

grasso is on the rise, and she will be extremely confident now. She showed she could handle anything that Val threw at her.
 
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