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UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 (also known as UFC Fight Night 227, UFC on ESPN+ 85 and Noche UFC) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on September 16, 2023, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
Current UFC Flyweight Champion Alexa Grasso and former champion Valentina Shevchenko served as head coaches for the season. [1] [2] This season featured male featherweights and middleweights. The casting call for the season ended on January 19, 2024, with the selections made in late January. [3] The filming of the season began in March 2024.
Alexa Grasso defends her flyweight title against Valentina Shevchenko, whom she dethroned in March
Grasso – 13/10. Shevchenko – 8/13. Full odds via Betway. • Get all the latest UFC betting sites’ offers Full card (subject to change) Main card. Alexa Grasso (C) vs Valentina Shevchenko 2 ...
Valentina Anatolyevna Shevchenko [b] (born March 7, 1988) is a Kyrgyzstani and Peruvian [12] professional mixed martial artist, former Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer. [12] She currently competes in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is a two-time and current UFC Women's Flyweight Champion and both the first Kyrgyzstani and Peruvian fighter to ...
Bell gave Shevchenko Rounds 1, 3 and 4, putting her up 39-37 heading to the final round. Shevchenko came out intent on taking the fifth to regain her title. And for the first roughly three minutes ...
Shevchenko threw a spinning back fist at Grasso and missed. Grasso immediately jumped on her back and submitted her in the fourth round in one of the biggest upsets in UFC women's title fight history.
A UFC Women's Flyweight Championship bout between current champion Valentina Shevchenko and Alexa Grasso served as the event's co-main event. [ 7 ] A women's strawweight bout between former UFC Women's Strawweight Championship challenger and inaugural Invicta FC Atomweight Champion Jessica Penne and Tabatha Ricci took place at the event. [ 8 ]