The night seemed tailor-made for Alexa Grasso to make a statement that she was ready to take on the upper-tier of the strawweight division, but former strawweight champion Carla Esparza dug deep to come away from an exciting co-main event with the win by way of majority decision.
Coming off a strong performance against Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Grasso displayed sharp striking early in the first round. Esparza, though, scored a couple of takedowns to likely steal the first round. She found more success grappling in the second ground, but Grasso did damage late once the fight returned to the feet.