MONTREAL – For two years straight and three training camps, Alexa Grasso had only one opponent to think about.
Saturday at UFC 315 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) at Bell Centre in Montreal, Grasso (16-4-1 MMA, 8-4-1 UFC) at long last will focus on someone not named Valentina Shevchenko when she takes on Natalia Silva (18-5-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC).
After she won her fourth straight fight in October 2022, Grasso started thinking about a potential shot at Shevchenko. She got it in March 2023 and pulled off a submission upset.
A champ with Shevchenko's history warrants a rematch, which resulted in a draw in September 2023.