Who won Wood vs Grasso?
Alexa Grasso beat Joanne Calderwood by submission in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night Columbus, on Saturday 26th March 2022 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).
Wood vs Grasso stats
Joanne Calderwood stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.
Alexa Grasso made her way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 4 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Calderwood had a slight advantage in power over Grasso, with a 33% knock out percentage over Grasso's 31%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Calderwood had a slight advantage over Grasso, with a 7% submission rate over Grasso's 0%.
Joanne Calderwood was the older woman by 7 years, at 37 years old.
Calderwood had a height advantage of 1 inch over Grasso. Despite this, Grasso had 1-inch reach advantage.
Calderwood was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made her debut in 2012, 9 months earlier than Grasso, whose first professional fight was in 2012. She had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 53 to Grasso's 53.
Wood vs Grasso form
Joanne Calderwood had beaten 1 of her last 5 opponents.
In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Taila Santos at UFC Vegas 43 on 20th November 2021 by in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, she had been beaten by Lauren Murphy at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Gila River Arena, Glendale.
Going into that contest, she had defeated Jessica Eye at UFC 257 on 23rd January 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Before that, she had lost to Jennifer Maia at UFC Vegas 5 on 1st August 2020 by unanimous decision in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
She had been beaten by Cynthia Calvillo at UFC Fight Night 113 on 16th July 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Hydro Arena, Glasgow, Scotland.
Alexa Grasso had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.
In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had beat Maycee Barber at UFC 258 on 13th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, she had beat Ji Yeon Kim at UFC Vegas 8 on 29th August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, she had lost to Carla Esparza at UFC on ESPN+ 17 on 21st September 2019 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
Before that, she had been beaten by Tatiana Suarez at UFC Fight Night 129 on 19th May 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile.
She had won against Randa Markos at UFC Fight Night 114 on 5th August 2017 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mexico City Arena, Mexico City, Mexico.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Alexa Grasso had been fighting more than Joanne Calderwood.
Going to this contest, Joanne Calderwood had last fought 1 year, 10 months and 3 days ago, while Alexa Grasso's last outing had been 2 years, 7 months and 10 days ago.
Calderwood's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 7 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 28 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.
Grasso's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 18 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 24 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.
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