Whereas we already know how Dana White feels about working in opposition to Canelo Alvarez, reigning UFC flyweight girls’s champion Alexa Grasso is thrilled to share the date with certainly one of her position fashions.
On September 14, the promotion will make its extremely anticipated debut at Sphere in Las Vegas for a fight sports activities occasion in contrast to something that’s ever been finished earlier than. UFC 306, often known as Riyadh Season Noche UFC, will see two large world title tilts as ‘Sugar’ Sean O’Malley places his bantamweight belt up for grabs in opposition to the division’s top-ranked contender, Merab Dvalishvili.
Followers will even witness the first-ever girls’s trilogy bout in UFC historical past when Grasso places her 125-pound crown on the road in opposition to former champion Valentina Shevchenko within the co-main occasion.
That very same evening, only a hop, skip, and a bounce away, Alvarez will put his WBA, WBC, and WBO tremendous middleweight titles on the road in opposition to undefeated standout Edgar Berlanga at T-Cellular Enviornment.
Talking with talkSPORT, Grasso expressed pleasure over competing on the identical evening and in the identical metropolis as Alvarez.
“I’m an enormous fan of him, he’s been an enormous position mannequin in my profession,” Grasso mentioned. “We’re from the identical city – he was born in Guadalajara too. “He has plenty of impression there in society with children and sports activities. So, think about preventing the identical day as him. It’s superb! If I’ve time, as quickly as my struggle ends, I’m going to attempt to watch his struggle.”
Alexa Grasso prepared to shut out rivalry with ‘bullet’ on Mexican Independence Day
After scoring a surprising fourth-round submission in opposition to Shevchenko to say the flyweight title at UFC 285, the 2 ran it again throughout final yr’s Noche UFC occasion. Grasso escaped along with her gold intact through a extremely questionable break up draw.
Now, she’ll attempt to go two-up on ‘Bullet’ and shut out their rivalry on an essential day for her residence nation.
“It’s actually cool. Mexican Independence is an enormous day for Mexico. “Large day! We like to have a good time that day and it’s actually cool that it’s recognized for boxing, largely. They do nice fights with fighters from Mexico, with somebody so massive.
“It’s inspiring. I at all times dreamed to be on a card like this. Final yr it occurred, this yr it’s gonna occur once more. That is one thing the UFC mentioned they’re gonna hold [doing]. I’ve seen Canelo doing this. I’ve seen [Juan Manuel] Marquez doing this. I’ve been watching all these superb, large boxers struggle on this date. Now, with the ability to be there doing the identical factor in MMA, as a lady — it’s massive. It’s inspiring. It’s actually large for me.”
