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 13th 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 8-4-1.

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 14 more professional rounds, 72 to Grasso's 58.

Esparza vs Grasso form

Esparza had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Tecia Pennington at UFC 307 on 5th October 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Previous to that, she had been beaten by Weili Zhang at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, she had won against Rose Namajunas at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by split decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Before that, she had beaten Yan Xiaonan at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in the United States.

She had defeated Marina Rodriguez at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Alexa Grasso had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had been defeated by Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306 on 14th September 2024 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at The Sphere, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had drawn with Valentina Shevchenko at UFC Fight Night – Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 on 16th September 2023 by split draw in their 5 round contest in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she was victorious against Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by submission in the 4th round in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had won against Viviane Araujo at UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo on 15th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

She had beaten Joanne Calderwood at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Nationwide Arena, Columbus.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Alexa Grasso had been fighting more than Carla Esparza.

Going to this contest, Carla Esparza had last fought 2 months and 9 days ago, while Alexa Grasso's last outing had been 3 months ago.

Esparza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 19 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 10 months and 16 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Grasso's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 18 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 6 months and 17 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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