![]() With the fight appearing close going into the final round, someone needed to make a statement in the last five minutes. Shevchenko looked for a takedown with less than 30 seconds to go, but found herself defending a kneebar from Grasso. She then dumped Shevchenko to the mat and attacked an arm, but Shevchenko slipped out and the pair returned to trading strikes in the center of the cage. Grasso sprawled a takedown attempt nicely, and landed a few nice knees to the head while Shevchenko attempted to keep one hand on the mat. ![]() Shevchenko then took Grasso’s back and controlled the position for the remainder of the round. Grasso remained calm, eventually causing Shevchenko to give up on the submission. She then quickly attacked the neck, jumping on a mounted guillotine attempt. Shevchenko took Grasso down cleanly for the first big action of Round 3. ![]() Grasso landed a few nice strikes from bottom before the horn. Grasso threatened a guillotine choke, but Shevchenko eventually worked free. Grasso found space to connect with a few short strikes, but Shevchenko survived the scare and then completed a nice double leg. GRASSO DROPPED SHEVCHENKO □ #NocheUFC /OMW0DEzgZ0 Grasso rushed in to capitalize, but Shevchenko was able to grab hold to slow down the follow-up attacks. Shortly after the reset, Grasso connected with a hard right hand that sent Shevchenko down. Shevchenko continued to lead the dance on the feet early in Round 2, but a takedown attempt was stuffed by Grasso. Grasso nearly gave up her back, but scrambled back to her feet, prompting more chants from the crowd. However, a few moments later, Shevchenko was successful in getting the fight to the canvas. Shevchenko looked to mix things up with a takedown, but Grasso wasn’t having it. The pro-Mexico crowd poured in various chants in the opening moments of the fight as the main eventers got the action started with their first striking exchanges.
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