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Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko are running it back. The top flyweights are reportedly set for a sequel in Las Vegas on Sept. 16, according to multiple reports. Grasso shocked Shevchenko, considered among the greatest fighters in women’s MMA history, to capture the UFC women’s flyweight title in March.
Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 is set to coincide with Mexican Independence Day weekend. Grasso is the second Mexican fighter to ever become an undisputed UFC champion.
The card is set for the T-Mobile Arena, according to MMA Fighting. It is expected to be a very rare UFC Fight Night card headlined by a title fight. Televised championship bouts used to be more regular fixtures in the UFC schedule, but are few and far between in these days.
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Grasso captured the UFC women’s flyweight title via Round 4 submission at UFC 285. Grasso ducked a spinning attack launched by Shevchenko, jumped onto her back and sunk a rear-naked choke. The Mexican fighter is a perfect 5-0 since moving up a division. The fight snapped Shevchenko’s 9-0 run since returning to women’s flyweight in 2018.
More UFC news, rumors
- Former UFC women’s strawweight champion Rose Namajunas is moving to flyweight to fight contender Manon Fiorot, the UFC announced on Friday. Fiorot vs. Namajunas will take place at UFC Fight Night in Paris on Sept. 2. The fight is Namajunas’ first since losing her strawweight title in a fight with Carla Esparza that ranks among the most boring fights in UFC history. Fiorot is ranked No. 2 in the UFC’s official women’s flyweight rankings and is a perfect 5-0 in the UFC.
- Anthony Smith and Ryan Spann are running it back on Aug. 26. Smith vs. Spann 2 is Singapore-bound, according to MMA Junkie. Both fighters need a change in fortune. Smith is coming off consecutive losses to Magomed Ankalaev and Johnny Walker. Spann suffered a first-round submission loss to Nikita Krylov in March. Smith’s last win was actually a Round 1 submission of Spann in September 2021.
- Rob Font will have the Boston faithful behind him as he fights fellow top bantamweight Song Yadong. UFC announced the fight for UFC 292 on Aug. 19. Font, a native of Leominster, Massachusetts, is coming off a spectacular first-round stoppage of Adrian Yanez. Song has momentum behind him after stopping Ricky Simon in the main event of the UFC Fight Night card on April 29.