Media Was Valentina dominating before she lost?

[GrantB13]

I didn't think so. I was kinda surprised when people made it sound like it's gonna be Nunes/Pena 2 situation. Grasso wasn't being obliterated and it looked nothing like a fluke win.

 

[BangBang]

She was winning but Grasso was more than in the fight. Valentina didn't have it her way at all and that is what dominating is.

 

[Tohm]

She was winning, but not dominating.

 

[rstringer]

Every KO is someone making a mistake , what's her point.

 

[Volador]

Nah, delusional. She was losing most of the standup exchanges and winning the grappling. Then the loss came by because of a mistake in the striking, so it wasn’t outside of the script of the rest of the fight.

 

[The-AxeMurderer]

Grasso was beating her to the punch.

Grasses hands looked sharp, Valentina got rocked a few times.

If Val had survived round 4, it would be 2-2 going into the 5th.

 

[Prex32]

nah

 

[Bradillac]

No, she did exactly what she complained that Santos did to her. She got outstruck and then held on for her life to try to steal rounds. If she survived that choke it would have been 2-2 going into the 5th with Grasso being much fresher.

 

[markys00]

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.

Thank God ur not a judge. It was 2-2 OBVIOUSLY

 

[markys00]

Dominating? She wasn't even winning. It was all even 2-2 going into the 5th

 

[mudrubble]

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

This WITH THE CAVEAT that her energy bar was depleting seriously every round when Alexa's was not. By the third round I was thinking that Valentina would not have as much success in the next two rounds so I kind of started expecting Grasso to inch out the decision just based on how god-awful tired Valentina was getting.

Even without the mistake I don't see that she was going to have the gas to sustain her edge into any more rounds. I kept telling my friend "Val doesn't look good" and "when have you ever seen her gasping so early before?" and "why is she just laying on her like Francis??"

She was CLEARLY not in shape for 5 rounds of prizefighting. I even asked if she was injured.

 

[mudrubble]

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

She was deathly exhausted - obv not in fighting condition.

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

Slightly winning but hardly dominating.

 

[drbolony]

She was deathly exhausted - obv not in fighting condition.

Maybe it was the grappling heavy game plan?

 

[Yep]

She was winning but dominating is a no from me dawg

 

[mudrubble]

Maybe it was the grappling heavy game plan?

Her body looked softer than usual too. At no point did she look like herself. I think she didn't prepare properly but I don't know why.

 

[Adamant__]

She was deathly exhausted - obv not in fighting condition.

Grasso hurt her in the first round and she didn't want any smoke on the feet after that. A lot of sloopy shots

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

no, she had a polytude of problems to deal with

 

[mudrubble]

Grasso hurt her in the first round and she didn't want any smoke on the feet after that. A lot of sloopy shots

True, but I don't think she was ready for 5 rounds in any case. She looked soft, tired, uncoordinated, and lazy. I've never seen her look that bad before.

 

[Adamant__]

True, but I don't think she was ready for 5 rounds in any case. She looked soft, tired, uncoordinated, and lazy. I've never seen her look that bad before.

She's 35, past her prime. Expected tbf. I don't think she will be champion again