Media Was Valentina dominating before she lost?

[drbolony]

Valentina seems to think so. She said it post fight and doubled down on this IG post from a few hours ago.

I don't, to me it seemed like Grasso adjusted to everything Valentina did and she got frustrated. What do the sherbros think? Discuss.

 

[White lightning 2]

She was absolutely dominating that fight. 1 mistake all it took but she was winning that fight everywhere especially with the takedowns

 

[CPH]

Dominating, no, but seemingly on her way to winning a UD.

 

[VinceArch]

Not at all. Had that fight gone into the 5th round they would've been 2-2.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Scorecards would've been even if the fight didn't end in the 4th.

 

[FreedomCricket]

She was at worst even in the striking, and was taking Grasso down at will.

She's not going to spin it as "squeeking by my opponent".

 

[Cameron]

Round 1 Grasso. Round 2 shev, round 3 was close and Grasso was making adjustments but probably shev.

Grasso was winning the stand up. It was close and definitely not just made one mistake. Shev had to become a wrestler because she was losing standing. Rematch should be fun.

I think we are Grasso come in and dominate the rematch.

 

[Paul E Gensinger]

Valentina seems to think so. She said it post fight and doubled down on this IG post from a few hours ago.

I don't, to me it seemed like Grasso adjusted to everything Valentina did and she got frustrated. What do the sherbros think? Discuss.

I had it 2-2

 

[Adamant__]

2-2 if she didn't get finished. Best "striker" in WMMA was panic shooting. It was comedy

 

[Redando]

She was not dominating. These are just words to try to sell yourself as a winner while losing the fight.
It’s a sort of damage control for being choked out.

 

[knock_you_out]

She doesn't know what 'dominate' means.

 

[m249viking]

I want her to dominate me.

 

[CleverNameEh]

Dominating, no. There were several rds in which Grasso lit her up some, enough to make them close rds that could potentially go to Grasso.

Clearly on her way to winning the decision, yes.

She seemed to be ahead the majority of the time in the majority of rds.

At the point of the finish, assuming rd 4 ended normally, I would have had it 3-1 Val.

 

[milliniar]

Lost the first officially, if she didn't tap that would've likely cost her the round, so it possibly would've been 2-2.

She was potentially winning the 3rd up to the back take, but not a domination.

 

[ninja boot]

she was set to win but she also doesn't look like the same Valentina that kept her belt securely around her waist. She's talking immediate rematch which she will likely win but the cracks are starting to show.

 

[Paladin]

She was not dominating. These are just words to try to sell yourself as a winner while losing the fight.
It’s a sort of damage control for being choked out.

This. At best she was barely edging out the win by way of takedowns but no she wasn’t “dominating”. What she did did to Lauren Murphy and Jessica eye was domination, not this

 

[drbolony]

She was at worst even in the striking, and was taking Grasso down at will.

She's not going to spin it as "squeeking by my opponent".

Alexa adjusted and started stuffing all her TD's after lowering her level. I'm not saying Val was behind, but that isn't domination.

Valentina has been arrogant for a while now, imo that kinda of foreshadowed her fall. She was pushing for this fight hard, she obviously thought Alexa was a favorable mat h up and she paid for it.

 

[TSK]

Definitely not. She was getting outstruck (I don’t care what the compubox numbers say - all strikes aren’t created equal. Grasso was landing the far more meaningful strikes). She was probably slightly ahead thanks to the takedowns but Grasso was adjusting and starting to stuff those a lot more. There was no domination happening for either fighter.

 

[Poirierfan]

I think she's being kinda delusional, just because you're winning doesn't mean you're dominating.

 

[WildShrimper]

Nope not even close to dominating, she was gassing by round 2