Valentina Shevchenko closed out her trilogy with Alexa Grasso in dominant fashion in the co-main event of UFC 306.
The former champion was able to reclaim the title after a controversial rematch that ended in a draw, following their first encounter where she was shockingly submitted.
Though the second fight between them was very close, no one has been clamouring to see a fourth contest between them after how one-sided the trilogy was, this past weekend.
The takedowns from Shevchenko totally shut down Grasso's boxing skills and aside from a few submission attempts, she wasn't able to stop the challenger's takedowns which led to her being stuck on the floor for the majority of the duration.
On a recent episode of his MMArcade Podcast, former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker gave his analysis of the co-main event.
He pointed to the fact that there was a huge gap between them this time around compared to their prior encounter at last year's Noche UFC.
Even though Grasso was able to secure one of the biggest upsets in UFC history when she submitted Shevchenko at UFC 285, she was down on the scorecards at the time.
Having seen how easy the "Bullet" made the fight look at points inside the Sphere, Whittaker questioned how this match-up was ever competitive.
They've fought three times now. I don't know how Grasso won the first, well I do, she was losing until she submitted Shevchenko right? And then I don't know how the second one was a draw because this third fight like Grasso did nothing. I don't want to come down hard on her okay because maybe she was just shut down that heavy but it was a draw last fight.
I don't know, it didn't look like Grasso wanted to be in that fight. It looked like a significant level difference this time around.
Valentina Shevchenko closed out her trilogy with Alexa Grasso in dominant fashion in the co-main event of UFC 306.
The former champion was able to reclaim the title after a controversial rematch that ended in a draw, following their first encounter where she was shockingly submitted.
Though the second fight between them was very close, no one has been clamouring to see a fourth contest between them after how one-sided the trilogy was, this past weekend.
The takedowns from Shevchenko totally shut down Grasso's boxing skills and aside from a few submission attempts, she wasn't able to stop the challenger's takedowns which led to her being stuck on the floor for the majority of the duration.
On a recent episode of his MMArcade Podcast, former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker gave his analysis of the co-main event.
He pointed to the fact that there was a huge gap between them this time around compared to their prior encounter at last year's Noche UFC.
Even though Grasso was able to secure one of the biggest upsets in UFC history when she submitted Shevchenko at UFC 285, she was down on the scorecards at the time.
Having seen how easy the "Bullet" made the fight look at points inside the Sphere, Whittaker questioned how this match-up was ever competitive.
They've fought three times now. I don't know how Grasso won the first, well I do, she was losing until she submitted Shevchenko right? And then I don't know how the second one was a draw because this third fight like Grasso did nothing. I don't want to come down hard on her okay because maybe she was just shut down that heavy but it was a draw last fight.
I don't know, it didn't look like Grasso wanted to be in that fight. It looked like a significant level difference this time around.
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