![]() ![]() It’s something we run the risk of whenever we fight.”īarber has put together four consecutive wins since losing to Grasso. I sometimes remember, ‘Oh yeah, I have a graft,’ but that’s in the past, and it’s part of the process. “I no longer think of the surgery, and it no longer hurts. But I did my rehab, I did more than I needed to come back better, I recover, and two years later I’m champion and that fills me with pride. A torn ACL is the worst, the nightmare of any athlete. I thought, ‘Let’s see if I’m going to be the same as before. “I did rehab, and also got the opportunity to do commentary (for UFC Español) at a time that I was really low. That’s why I stayed quiet and said nothing. “I said, ‘I need to get this done right away.’ I also didn’t want to speak a lot about it because when you have an injury that bad, then your opponents just want to target your knee, obviously. “After that, the following week I got surgery,” Grasso said. The recovery and first fight back was scary for Grasso, as she was unsure if her fighting style was going to be compromised. She got surgery the week after the fight at UFC 258 in February 2021 and that’s why she didn’t return again until March 2022 when she submitted Joanne Wood. Grasso won the first two rounds against Barber (12-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) and lost the third on all three judges’ scorecards, winning a 29-28 unanimous decision across the board. I gave it the best of me and I won the fight.” I tried to fight with my back against the fence as much as I could. ![]() I’m winning the fight.’ I wanted to throw myself on the ground and just say no more, it’s over. And when I walked on it, it felt like when your sandal is wet and your foot slides away. I was like, ‘Oh, something is wrong,’ and obviously it was my worst round. “In the third round against Maycee Barber, like around two minutes in, we had a weird movement and my knee stayed stuck on the canvas and I heard a pop. “This is something that I’ve never spoken about because it would hurt me and I thought I was never going to be the same fighter,” Grasso said, speaking in Spanish. In a recent interview with UFC Español, the Mexican fighter revealed that she tore her ACL in her unanimous decision win against Maycee Barber back in 2021, which put questions around her future in MMA. Alexa Grasso’s road to the UFC title wasn’t as smooth as most people thought it was.Īlthough Grasso (16-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) remains unbeaten since moving to 125 pounds and now has the division’s title, her path to the top did come with adversity – even if it wasn’t reflected in the results of her career at flyweight. ![]()
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