{"id":20631,"date":"2022-10-13T23:38:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T04:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/?p=20631"},"modified":"2022-10-13T23:38:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T04:38:19","slug":"ufc-flyweight-alexa-grasso-closes-out-hispanic-heritage-month-with-her-first-main-event-fight-this-saturday-night-at-ufc-fight-night-212-on-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/ufc-flyweight-alexa-grasso-closes-out-hispanic-heritage-month-with-her-first-main-event-fight-this-saturday-night-at-ufc-fight-night-212-on-espn\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC flyweight Alexa Grasso closes out Hispanic Heritage month with her first main event fight this Saturday night at UFC Fight Night 212 on ESPN+"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UFC women\u2019s flyweight, Alexa Grasso (14-3) was not planning on being in the main event this weekend at UFC Fight Night 212. She was also not planning on it taking three times to finally face Viviane Araujo (11-3) but has been ready for this fight since it\u2019s first cancelation back in January of this year. \u201cThis fight has to happen,\u201d explained Grasso. \u201cI always train, so it doesn\u2019t matter if a fight gets canceled or postponed, you have to be in the gym every day to train. This is our job.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the main event change, so do the rounds, as this one will be five rounds instead of three. And Grasso welcomes that change with open arms. \u201cI\u2019m one- hundred percent sure that five rounds for us will help us a lot.\u201d said Grasso. Ten more minutes fighting are like \u2018oh my god, amazing.\u2019 It added a lot of challenge to our training, it\u2019s wild. So, it\u2019s interesting for me and I can\u2019t wait to feel that emotion that I will be living on Saturday night.\u201d<\/p>

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Along with the murmurs of this fight being a potential tight contender fight with the winner taking on current flyweight champion, Valentina Shevchenko next with a win this weekend, Grasso is also one of the main faces that represents Latino fighters in the UFC, so this event being the spotlight card of Hispanic Heritage Month makes it even more meaningful for Grasso. \u201cBeing a fighter in Mexico and for all Latin women fills my heart a lot,\u201d explained Grasso. \u201cI just hope I can do great for the next generation because that is always the goal. You open the door, but the next ones are coming. I just hope I\u2019m a good role model so they can do better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finishing her sixth year under the UFC banner, Grasso has seemingly come into her own lately. Her three fight win streak shows that, and she balances rest and reps the best she\u2019s ever done in her career thus far. \u201cI can definitely say I\u2019m the happiest Alexa I\u2019ve ever been,\u201d said Grasso. \u201cI think when I started in the UFC, I was too obsessed doing everything perfect. I was angry all the time and wanted to train all the time and was doing a lot more than I had to. That\u2019s why I had some injuries. I learned a lot from that and I\u2019m better now.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for her opponent and the fight itself this Saturday night in Las Vegas, Grasso is excited to show that she is exactly where she is supposed to be at in the division and organization and wants to put on a good show for all her fans and those tuning in. \u201cI just want to show that I\u2019m evolving,\u201d said Grasso. \u201cI\u2019m known as a striker, which is my strongest weapon but in front of me I have an amazing opponent. She\u2019s really aggressive and she is a different athlete than I\u2019ve faced before. She moves a lot, and she\u2019s aggressive. She\u2019s the strongest opponent I\u2019ve trained for, so I want to show that I\u2019m able and ready to compete with any type of opponent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alexa Grasso will take on Viviane Araujo this Saturday night, October 15th, in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs Araujo on ESPN+<\/p>

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