Alexa Grasso repeatedly made the point prior to facing Viviane Araujo on Saturday in the main event of UFC Vegas 62 at Apex in Las Vegas about how close she and Araujo were in just about every category.
It was a Grasso kind of night. A black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Araujuo was largely content to stand at close distance and trade jabs with Grasso. And while Araujo’s striking is vastly improved, that’s largely going to be a losing battle against someone such as Grasso.
“Of course I did enough to win tonight,” Grasso said. “I trained really hard for this. I knew she was going to try to take me to the ground, and I trained hard, like I said. I trained really, really hard for this.”
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