UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion Alexa Grasso wants to become a member of the two-division titleholders’ club, but not at the expense of her teammates and fellow countrywomen.
Grasso’s next fight is one of the main attractions on offer at this weekend’s Noche UFC (UFC 306) pay-per-view event, set to go down inside the unique surroundings of the Sphere in Las Vegas.
The Mexican champ will appear in the co-main event on Sept. 14, once again sharing the cage with Valentina Shevchenko. After dethroning “Bullet” before retaining possession of the belt with a split draw in her first defense, Grasso is looking to close the book on their rivalry by securing a two-win lead.
Should that come to fruition on Saturday night, Grasso will turn her attention to other contenders at 125 pounds. And that’s despite harboring aspirations elsewhere…
Grasso Favors Team’s Supremacy In UFC Over Second Title For Herself
During a recent interview for Stake, Grasso assessed the remaining goals she has in the UFC, including the pursuit of gold in a second weight class.
Unfortunately for those ambitions, the flyweight queen has teammates and compatriots pursuing glory of their own both above and below. And with her preference being total domination for her team from strawweight to bantamweight, she’s happy to put talk of a divisional switch on ice for the time being.
“I would love to be a two-weight world champion. It is such a big question and goal for me,” Grasso said. “However, I have friends in the (other) weight classes such as Loopy Godinez in the strawweight division and Irene Aldana in the Bantamweight division, and our team’s goal is to all be champions in each of our weight classes. So I would have to pause that dream for now.”
While Godinez will be absent, Aldana will join Grasso as one of many Mexican standouts set to compete on the promotion’s celebratory Mexican Independence Day card this weekend, which has been branded a “love letter” to the nation by UFC CEO Dana White.
Both women will look to bring victories back to Mexico. Such a feat would also see the country maintain its sole reigning UFC champion, with Grasso emerging from her trilogy opposite Shevchenko still on the flyweight throne.
