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 as in favor of 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 ring with a record of 11 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

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

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

Alexa Grasso was the younger woman by 4 years, at 28 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 2 more professional rounds, 39 to Kim's 37.

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Grasso's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 20 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 28 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.