Grasso vs Kim

Who won Grasso vs Kim?

Alexa Grasso beat Ji Yeon Kim by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Vegas 8, on Saturday 29th August 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Alexa Grasso.

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).

Grasso vs Kim stats

Alexa Grasso stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Ji Yeon Kim made her way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Alexa Grasso's UFC record stood at 8-3-1, while Ji Yeon Kim's came in at 3-7-0.

The stats suggested Grasso had an advantage in power over Kim, with a 36% knock out percentage over Kim's 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kim had a massive advantage over Grasso, boasting a 33% submission rate over Grasso's 0%.

Alexa Grasso was the younger woman by 4 years, at 30 years old.

Kim had a height advantage of 2 inches over Grasso. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Grasso was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made her debut in 2012, 11 months earlier than Kim, whose first professional fight was in 2013. She had fought 7 more professional rounds, 53 to Kim's 46.

Grasso vs Kim form

Alexa Grasso had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had drawn with Valentina Shevchenko at UFC Fight Night – Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 on 16th September 2023 by split draw in their 5 round contest in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by submission in the 4th round in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Viviane Araujo at UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo on 15th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had defeated Joanne Calderwood at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Nationwide Arena, Columbus.

She was victorious against Maycee Barber at UFC 258 on 13th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Grasso's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 11 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 8 months and 8 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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