{"id":221413,"date":"2017-02-05T10:40:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T18:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=221413"},"modified":"2017-02-05T10:40:50","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T18:40:50","slug":"alexa-grasso-releases-statement-loss-felice-herrig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/alexa-grasso\/alexa-grasso-releases-statement-loss-felice-herrig\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexa Grasso releases statement after loss to Felice Herrig"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night, in the co-main event of the UFC’s latest trip to Houston, 23-year-old strawweight prospect Alexa Grasso faced the biggest test of her career in WMMA veteran Felice Herrig. Despite Herrig’s big-stage experience, this one was expected to be a blowout for the young Grasso, as evidenced by her status as a 3-1 betting favorite.<\/p>\n

In the end, however, Herrig sprung the upset, handing Grasso the first loss of her career with a unanimous decision win<\/a>. With this result, she looks ahead to bigger challenges<\/a>, while Grasso will now return to the drawing board.<\/p>\n

In the wake of her loss to Herrig, Grasso took to Instagram to address her fans. See her post, (followed by an English translation) below.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by Alexa Grasso (@alexa_grasso)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n