Alexa Grasso knows all about the pressure of being a blue chip prospect.
It was a little over four years ago that Grasso was an unbeaten 23-year-old strawweight making the jump from Invicta FC to the UFC with plenty of hype behind her. She won her first UFC fight, but then fell into a 50-50 slump that was compounded by her struggles to make the 115-pound limit.
A move to the 125-pound division last year looked to be exactly what Grasso needed as she beat Ji Yeon Kim in her flyweight debut, than scored another big victory over Maycee Barber in the co-main event of UFC 258 on Saturday.