The trilogy struggle between UFC girls’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko is lastly taking place.
Grasso vs. Shevchenko 3 will happen Sept. 14 at Sphere in Las Vegas because the co-main occasion of Noche UFC (also referred to as UFC 306), UFC CEO Dana White introduced Friday on social media.
A Mexico native, Grasso will proudly characterize her dwelling nation on a card that’s a tribute to Mexican Independence Day whereas Shevchenko hopes the third time would be the allure in opposition to the present champion.
The 2 fighters have fought twice earlier than. The primary assembly was at UFC 285 in March 2023 and served as the cardboard’s co-main occasion. Grasso defeated Shevchenko with a fourth-round rear-naked choke. The victory shocked many of the world because it was one of many largest oddsmaker upsets in historical past.
The second assembly occurred six months later on the inaugural Noche UFC. The struggle was closely-contested and went all 25 minutes. Although everybody had an opinion, the one ones that mattered had been the three judges, who collectively scored the struggle a cut up draw.
Because the second struggle, the 2 flyweights coached in opposition to each other throughout “The Final Fighter 32,” which remains to be at present airing.
With the addition, the Noche UFC lineup contains:
Champ Sean O’Malley vs. Merab Dvalishvili – for bantamweight title
Champ Alexa Grasso vs. Valentina Shevchenko – for girls’s flyweight title
Diego Lopes vs. Brian Ortega
Esteban Ribovics vs. Daniel Zellhuber
Ode Osbourne vs. Ronaldo Rodriguez
Irene Aldana vs. Norma Dumont
Ignacio Bahamondes vs. Manuel Torres
Yazmin Jauregui vs. Ketlen Souza
Kevin Borjas vs. Edgar Chairez
Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Aori Qileng
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