The Mexican showed off a spectacular performance in which she demonstrated her great boxing and jiu-jitsu Alexa Grasso retained the world flyweight title after a split draw on the cards Valentina Shevchenko The judges gave him 48-47, 47-48 and 47-47.
The “Girl from Guadalajara” gave the Muay Thai legend several scares as she scored one knockdown, two knockdowns and nearly completed the submission. Despite this, the referees considered the fight to be equal, as Valentina knocked Valentina to the ground several times. the Tapatia.
Shevchenko began the fight with his powerful left kick and tried to open the defense with an overhand. The first right jab came from Alexa, and as she tried to finish the attack, the Kyrgyz fighter grabbed her waist and scored the first punch.
In the second chapter, the Mexican’s powerful boxing emerged and with a deft right jab she sent Valentina back to the ground. The Kyrgyzstan was in a bad way and Alexa went at her and landed a few knees to the stomach, but Shevchenko escaped and quickly took the fight back to the ground.
The third round began with another knockdown from Shevchenko and when Grasso tried to escape, Valentina found the guillotine and it seemed like the fight was over, but the Guadalajara masterfully managed to bridge with her hip to get out of the draw to come out.
In the fourth round, the Mexican received her first knockdown and almost grabbed the lever on her arm, but the Kyrgyzstanian managed to get away. The fight took place in the air and Shevchenko just kept her distance, but when she tried to make a new takedown, Alexa was very attentive and turned her around to throw her to the ground, she tried the “lion slayer” and although she didn’t did, he controlled the final round with ground and pound to leave no doubt about his great performance.
