Valentina Shevchenko vs Alexa Grasso | FULL FIGHT | UFC 306 #ufc #alexagrasso #mma

all right here's the number one women's bantamweight Contender she believes for a while she's been the best at 135 lbs she's making the walk tonight staring down the champion confidence not an issue fear not a factor we'll see if this talented number one Contender Can Shed that label and leave with a new one as the UFC women's bantamweight champion so here she is the Undisputed UFC women's bantamweight champion how about the confidence that she makes the walk here tonight she wants to get in there take care of business and go eat some buffalo wings in the back she's been the best 135 in the world now for some time another title defense what's in front of her she doesn't try to make the moment too big and even though the Challenger has a lot of momentum here tonight she knows she's the hunted for a reason and is looking to prove that she is still the best in the world at 135 our tale of the tape for this women's bantamweight championship fight more than five years apart with the same height and a similar reach and now for the official introductions the veteran voice of the Octagon is Bruce Buffer ladies and gentlemen this is the m EV of the evening and when the action begins our referee in charge of the Octagon Dan mgat and now this is the moment UFC fans around the world have been waiting for live from the T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas is to time five rounds for the Undisputed UFC bamwe championship of the world introducing first fighting out of the blue Corner this woman is a boy thae fighter holding a professional record of 23 wins four losses she stands 5' 5 in tall weigh in at 125 lb fighting out of Bishkek Kyan Pres ing the Challenger Valentina bullet [Applause] Cheo and now introducing the champion fighting out of the Red Corner this woman is a kickboxer holding professional record on 16 wins three losses she stand 5' 5 in tall weigh in at 125 lb presenting the rating defend Undisputed UFC Women's back and weight champion of the world Alexa graa all right this is for the UFC Championship I want you to B my commands at all times protect yourself at all times want a nice clean safe fight touch gloves about your Corners come out fight you ready ready you ready you ready all right so here we go with round one two decorated Strikers here and I would think even a world class wrestler like yourself still enjoys a classic standup Affair like this every oh yeah I love this one I love this because both of these women know that the easiest way to get their hands raised is to fight in the area that they are best both of them are fantastic Strikers one is much more powerful one is much more quick let's see who gets the job done good punch land straight left counter that one will work just out of range with the big right [Applause] and Nice head kick Stuffs the Tak down no problem and they separate nice head kick all right so now she engages in the tide clinch and of course if you're fighting hands as the opponent you leave everything else wide open you leave everything open and she will dig big brutal knees to the body mixes it up nicely in terms of staying heavy and also staying active well she's been good tonight but she missed without takedown defense holds up and they separate back and forth we go nice oh perfect timing on the Superman punch so just just over 20 total strikes have landed for Alexa [Applause] grel oh straight right and they separate still unable to find that precise range with the high kick all right both women now continuing to try to get a more dominant position here in the clinch I can hear Dominick Cruz just screaming under hooks my ears are bleeding a little bit underhook underhook underhook it's the key in that position you got to control the underhook to win offensively and control the underhook if you're trying to escape defensely oh nice combination there by Gro and she connects with a punch there we'll see if she can follow it up now she's been landing at a super high rate she's in a great flow right now straight right is there [Applause] 30 seconds to go plza glancing right hand upstairs big leg kick land great vision great defensive Instincts by her there as she continues to block the majority of these shots coming her hands are always where they're supposed to be you got that that one's all you we look back at some of the replays from that previous round DC a lot of good action for fight fans over those five minutes I mean High Pace high intensity all action first round both landed multiple strikes what a great round to fight all right DC second round is getting underway round one not the round of the Year necessarily but some good in and it's not always going to be when you have two very Talent Fighters sometimes it's very even that's what we saw in round number one visibly limping here oh strong punch there by Valentina [Applause] shevchenko nice leg kick Lance well she's had a lot of moments in the fight you know her one is very good but you're not even getting the one two what about the one two what about the one two three how about it cut following the three strikes allow him to string together be confident in knowing that you have practiced this you are ready to land in combination let it flow parts of 43 total strikes which have connected for Alexa Grell and Landing with 50% accuracy tonight against Valentina Chev Chan continues to mix it up going to the Head mixing in some body shots oh Stuffs the Tak down without issue big head kick oh straight [Applause] right well she was a little bit hesitant in round one but she is certainly picked up the pace here in this second round it took her a while to find her range she's in a strong striking Rhythm now nice punch lands over the top oh look at the inside leg kitch now could be the beginning of the inch she hurt her very badly with that big leg kick the issue with that kick has effective as it is one gets checked the Anderson Silva Situation Big elbow there Ram can't take pictures now she has to react she has to go chase to finish throwing hard in the pocket big punch lands through the middle Stuffs the Tak down no problem ah she's unable to connect with the left hook Jeff jenko's lower jaw now starting to show signs of swelling and just inches away oh oh you can never know what you're going to see with this young lady is she going to finish the fight oh she's really starting to put together some significant body shots here attacking both sides now goes down again gets up again here but hurman now goes in and secures the take down well what about those five minutes let's now look back at some of the action from that previous round and she got knocked down didn't see that strike coming no she didn't see it coming she had taken a lot leading up to that it wasn't one strike that hurt her it was an accumulation of the damage she had taken that put her in that spot she's tough but let's see if she can turn the action around as we go [Applause] forward excellent she's ready to get kn again I don't know all right another round is now underway pretty good previous two rounds we'll see who makes the requisite adjustments now the adjustments are going to be the key John when you're doing everything you're training to do and it stays this close you got to really switch it up what corner was able to relay that message to their fighter better in between rounds it's broken I think that's it [Applause] well there she is in full celebration mode now after the TKO Victory here tonight the UFC women's bantamweight champion of the world and I'm not sure there's any 135 in the world right now that can beat this woman ladies and gentlemen referee danber Leana calls a stop to this contest at 40 seconds of the third round declaring the winner by TKO and still the Unown disputed youc bantamweight champion of the world [Applause] Alexa so there she is the Undisputed UFC women's bantamweight champion of the world and what a way to get the job done here tonight as she gets her hand raised by way of the TKO that number one Contender had nothing for her here