Esparza vs Grasso

Who won Esparza vs Grasso?

Carla Esparza beat Alexa Grasso by majority decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC on ESPN+ 17, on Saturday 21st September 2019 at Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Carla Esparza.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Esparza vs Grasso stats

Carla Esparza stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Alexa Grasso made her way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Carla Esparza's 16th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2014. Alexa Grasso marked her 14th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2016.

Carla Esparza's UFC record stood at 10-6-0, while Alexa Grasso's came in at 8-5-1.

The stats suggested Grasso had an advantage in power over Esparza, with a 36% knock out percentage over Esparza's 21%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Esparza had a large advantage over Grasso, boasting a 29% submission rate over Grasso's 0%.

Carla Esparza was the older woman by 6 years, at 37 years old.

Grasso had a height advantage of 4 inches over Esparza. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Esparza was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made her debut in 2010, 2 years and 10 months earlier than Grasso, whose first professional fight was in 2012. She had fought 11 more professional rounds, 72 to Grasso's 61.

Esparza vs Grasso form

Alexa Grasso had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Ji Yeon Kim at UFC Vegas 8 on 29th August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had lost to Carla Esparza at UFC on ESPN+ 17 on 21st September 2019 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Tatiana Suarez at UFC Fight Night 129 on 19th May 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile.

Before that, she had beaten Randa Markos at UFC Fight Night 114 on 5th August 2017 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mexico City Arena, Mexico City, Mexico.

She had been defeated by Felice Herrig at UFC Fight Night 104 on 4th February 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

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Grasso's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 3 months and 12 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 27 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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