reporters<\/a> following UFC 258, White credited Grasso for her excellent performance against Barber. The UFC bossman admitted that the promotion had high hopes and expectations for Grasso when she entered the UFC five years ago. Though she struggled as a young fighter, she appears to be making some serious strides in her game and White offered nothing but praise for Grasso.<\/p>\n“Grasso is a girl we were looking at a long time ago. We thought she was going to be the Ronda Rousey of Mexico, you know what I mean? She had a couple of speedbumps in her career but boy she’s on point now. Her punching is crisp and clean, and the distance that she kept, she couldn’t look any more perfect tonight going against an absolute savage,” White said.<\/p>\n
“She looked incredible tonight. Listen, Maycee Barber is a gangster. This woman believes she’s going to be the champ before (she turns 23). She comes back from her injury and she’s ready to go (and Grasso beat her).”<\/p>\n
The win over Barber should push Grasso close to the top-10 at women’s 125lbs and should set her up with a ranked opponent in her next fight in the Octagon. Though she is still far away from getting a fight against UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko, every win puts her one step closer to doing so.<\/p>\n
What do you think Dana White and the UFC matchmakers should do with Alexa Grasso next?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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