Fighters are champing at the bit to fight at The Sphere in Las Vegas, which will host UFC’s second annual Mexican Independence Day fight card. That bodes well for women’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso but her dance partner, Valentina Shevchenko, wants nothing to do with a second Noche UFC.
“I’ve seen some memos about how the fight could look inside that place. It looks amazing,” Grasso told CBS Sports. “I would love to fight there. I hope this is true and I hope we can have this big opportunity to present ourselves and perform in The Sphere. I think our job here in ‘TUF’ will be important for that decision.”
Check out the full interview with Alexa Grasso below.
Mexico’s Grasso and Kyrgyzstan’s Shevchenko will coach opposite each other on “The Ultimate Fighter” season 32. Grasso believes that generating interest in the show is crucial to securing them a spot at UFC’s Sphere premiere. “TUF” coaches traditionally fight each other at a later date. With the show filming in March and debuting on June 4, it perfectly tees up the…
