Alexa Grasso is a Mexican professional mixed martial artist. She is the first female MMA fighter born in Mexico to win a championship title in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
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BIOGRAPHY
Grasso is currently signed with the UFC. Here are 13 more things about her:
- Her full name is Karen Alexa Grasso Montes.
- Her coaches are her father Luis Grasso and her uncle Francisco Grasso.
- She is a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
- She is a UFC analyst for UFC Español for Spanish broadcasts.
- She was born and raised in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Before joining the UFC, she competed in GEX Cage Tournament, Fight Hard Championship, Xtreme Kombat and Invicta Fighting Championships.
- She is 5’5″ tall.
- She holds a professional MMA record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw.
- In 2010, she started training at Lobo Gym in Guadalajara.
- When she made her professional MMA debut in 2012, she started competing in the strawweight division.
- In 2020, she moved to flyweight.
- In July 2023, she, Brandon Moreno and Yair Rodriguez were featured in GQ Mexico.
- On August 9, 2024, she turned 31.
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TIMELINE
From 2012 to 2025, Grasso fought 22 professional MMA opponents. Here are the results:
2012
- On December 19, 2012, she made her professional MMA debut at “GEX: Old Jack’s Fight Night” in Jalisco where she knocked out Sandra del Rincon via punch.
2013
- On May 11, 2013, she knocked out Lupita Hernandez via punch at “Fight Hard Championship 3” in Jalisco.
2014
- On August 31, 2014, she defeated Alejandra Alvarez via technical knockout and Karina Rodriguez via unanimous decision at “Xtreme Kombat 20” in Izcalli, Mexico.
- On September 6, 2014, she defeated Ashley Cummins via unanimous decision at “Invicta FC 8” in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
- On December 5, 2014, she defeated Alida Gray via TKO at “Invicta FC 10” in Houston, Texas, USA.
2015
- On February 27, 2015, she defeated Mizuki Inoue via unanimous decision at “Invicta FC 11” in Los Angeles, California, USA.
2016
- On July 29, 2016, she defeated Jodie Esquibel via unanimous decision at “Invicta FC 18” in Kansas City.
- On November 5, 2016, she defeated Heather Jo Clark via unanimous decision at “The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3” finale in Mexico City, Mexico.
2017
- On February 4, 2017, she made her UFC debut at “UFC Fight Night 104” in Houston where she lost to Felice Herrig via unanimous decision.
- On August 5, 2017, she defeated Randa Markos via split decision at “UFC Fight Night 114” in Mexico City.
2018
- On May 19, 2018, she was submitted by Tatiana Suarez via rear-naked choke at “UFC Fight Night 129” in Santiago, Chile.
2019
- On June 8, 2019, she defeated Karolina Kowalkiewicz via unanimous decision at “UFC 238” in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- On September 21, 2019, she lost to Carla Esparza via majority decision at “UFC Fight Night 159” in Mexico City.
2020
- On August 29, 2020, she made her flyweight debut at “UFC Vegas 8” in Enterprise, Nevada where she defeated Kim Jiyeon via unanimous decision.
2021
- On February 13, 2021, she defeated Maycee Barber via unanimous decision at “UFC 258” in Enterprise.
2022
- On March 26, 2022, she submitted Joanne Wood via rear-naked choke at “UFC on ESPN 33” in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
- On October 15, 2022, she defeated Viviane Araujo via unanimous decision at “UFC Vegas 62” in Enterprise.
2023
- On March 4, 2023, she became the new UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion by submitting then champion Valentina Shevchenko via face crank at “UFC 285” in Paradise, Nevada.
- On September 16, 2023, she retained the UFC Women’s Flyweight Championship title after her rematch with Shevchenko at “UFC Fight Night 227” in Paradise ended in a split draw.
2024
- On September 14, 2024, she lost the UFC Women’s Flyweight Championship title to Shevchenko via unanimous decision at “UFC 306” in Las Vegas.
2025
- On May 10, 2025, she lost to Natalia Silva via unanimous decision at “UFC 315” in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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