Alexa Grasso
Alexa Grasso grew through her family gym, became a UFC flyweight champion and brought her experience to teaching and coaching.
Biography
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Moya Brand, Alexa Grasso after Invicta FC18, August13,2016(opens in a new tab)
Gi training gave her a change from MMA workouts; between fights she tried to enter Mexican national jiu-jitsu tournaments.
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Her father Luis Grasso and uncle Francisco Grasso were her coaches at Lobo Gym in Guadalajara.
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In2016 she described difficult training as a reason to keep trying, enjoying the work required to improve.
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In2016 she was also studying Physical Culture and Sports.
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Steve Latrell, Alexa Grasso: Every Single Detail, UFC, March25,2026(opens in a new tab)
Alexa Grasso is a Mexican MMA fighter from Guadalajara and a former UFC women’s flyweight champion.
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She became the first Mexican woman to win a UFC championship.
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Before her2026 comeback she said she had worked on past mistakes and wanted to earn another title opportunity.
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ESPN, Alexa Grasso athlete profile(opens in a new tab)
She was born in 1993.
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Alexa Grasso, own UFC athlete Q&A(opens in a new tab)
She first watched her uncle Francisco Grasso teach; after her father introduced shadowboxing, she tried a class with her uncle.
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She helped at the family gym’s reception and with cleaning.
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Winning at a national jiu-jitsu tournament alongside Irene Aldana made her want to experience the podium again.
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She reports national titles in Mexico at white/blue-belt level: two in no-gi and one in the gi.
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Her first MMA bout came in December2012; she won and continued training from then on.
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She also taught children at the family gym.
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Her official UFC Q&A lists her BJJ rank as brown belt.
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She trains at Lobo Gym MMA.
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Christian Tetzpa, Alexa Grasso before Invicta FC8, UFC, September4,2014(opens in a new tab)
By September2014 she was preparing to enter Invicta FC after four professional wins in Mexico.
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E. Spencer Kyte, On the Rise: Mexico City Edition, UFC, November1,2016(opens in a new tab)
Four Invicta wins brought her to the UFC in2016; an injury layoff of nearly eighteen months had preceded her return against Jodie Esquibel that July.
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Moya Brand, Alexa Grasso on jiu-jitsu and MMA, August15,2019(opens in a new tab)
In2019 she explained that jiu-jitsu sharpened her attention to movement details and let her keep fighting when no longer standing.
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After UFC238 she spent part of her break conducting martial-arts seminars before returning to three daily training sessions.
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Her2019 ambition was to become a leading female jiu-jitsu black belt.
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Zac Pacleb, Grasso–Barber rematch timeline, UFC, March22,2026(opens in a new tab)
She moved from strawweight to flyweight in2020 and beat Ji-Yeon Kim in her first bout at the new weight.
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In2022 she submitted Joanne Wood in the first round and then beat Viviane Araújo over five rounds.
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At UFC285 on March4,2023, she took Valentina Shevchenko’s back after a spinning attack and submitted her in the fourth round to win the flyweight title.
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A split draw in the September2023 Shevchenko rematch allowed her to retain the title.
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She lost the title to Shevchenko by unanimous decision in September2024, then lost another decision to Natália Silva in May2025.
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Maddyn Johnstone-Thomas, Alexa Grasso Continues To Climb The Mountain, UFC, September14,2023(opens in a new tab)
Winning the belt made her think of the years of preparation behind it, rather than just the minutes of the fight.
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She found that reaching her championship goal created another challenge: defending it and continuing to improve.
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Headlining the first Noche UFC on Mexican Independence Day mattered to her as recognition for Mexican fighters.
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John Davis, Alexa Grasso brown-belt promotion, BJJDoc, May25,2023(opens in a new tab)
In May2023 she was promoted to BJJ brown belt by Diego Lopes and Alessandro Costa.
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Eduard Cauich, Lobo Gym report, Los Angeles Times, June9,2023(opens in a new tab)
Grasso and Aldana described a sister-like bond; Grasso hoped her success would create opportunities for younger women.
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Marlin Cortez, Meet TUF Coach Alexa Grasso, UFC, June3,2024(opens in a new tab)
On The Ultimate Fighter32 in2024 she aimed to help wrestlers, grapplers and strikers improve without replacing their established styles.
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She based her coaching on what her own team had done for her: sharing UFC experience, teaching and motivation.
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She described years of teaching at the family gym, which began as Grasso Extreme Training and became Lobo Gym.
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Steve Latrell, Alexa Grasso: Hard Work, Not Magic, UFC, September8,2024(opens in a new tab)
Championship status brought more responsibilities and a stronger need for discipline, she said in2024.
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UFC Staff, UFC Seattle official results, March28,2026(opens in a new tab)
She knocked out Maycee Barber at2:42 of the first round inSeattle on March28,2026.
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E. Spencer Kyte, Noche UFC main-card results, UFC, September13,2026(opens in a new tab)
On September12,2026 she beat Manon Fiorot by unanimous decision at Noche UFC, with all three judges scoring29–28.
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