Former UFC ladies’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso could also be out of the octagon for some time.
On Monday occasion, Grasso revealed by way of her Instagram account that she broke her leg coaching whereas posting a photograph with a crutch and together with her leg in a boot.
Grasso didn’t reveal a timetable for restoration, or when she may return to competitors.
The 31-year-old not too long ago misplaced the ladies’s 125-pound championship in a lopsided resolution in opposition to Valentina Shevchenko of their trilogy bout at UFC 306 in September. It was Grasso’s first loss in 5 years — a controversial resolution loss in her ultimate strawweight bout in opposition to Carla Esparza in September 2019.
After successful her subsequent 4 fights, Grasso bought her first alternative to struggle for a UFC title, and he or she got here by means of with a shocking upset win, submitting Shevchenko at UFC 285 in March 2023. They’d compete in a rematch at Noche UFC six months later and fought to a break up attract the most effective fights of the 12 months.
