The controversy surrounding the fight revenge between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko doesn’t stop, and after both were dissatisfied with the tie and there was a war of declarations, now the challenger, who He was unable to regain his UFC flyweight title, published on his X account, the social network formerly called Twitter, that She had to fight injured from the first round.
The fighter born in Kyrgyzstan broke the news to her fans, perhaps justifying the defeat or perhaps anticipating a forced absence.although he did not mention either option verbatim, but rather left the interpretation open.
“Yesterday I got the results of my hand injury from the first round. Comminuted fracture requiring surgery”, wrote.
Yesterday got the results on my 1 st round hand injury.
Comminuted fracture that requires surgery 💪💪💪— Valentina Shevchenko (@BulletValentina) September 19, 2023
According to information from Fox Sports, this injury to Valentina Shevchenko’s right hand, lwill force him to stay away from the octagons for at least three months, since after the surgery she will have to be in a cast for around 4 weeks and will not have any contact for 8 more, although everything will be up to the consideration of the medical team that will be in charge of monitoring her evolution.
It is worth remembering that the Kyrgyz woman accused the judges of favoring Alexa Grasso, arguing that they were influenced by the importance of last weekend’s Aztec festivities; while the Mexican assures that she won 3 of the 5 rounds of the fight held on September 16 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
These disagreements and some speculation point to a third fight, although, apparently, we would have to wait some time before Shevchenko can return to the octagon. In fact, Dana White president of UFC, has already given its approvalalthough he did it before finding out about the Kyrgyz woman’s injury.
“We will give them revenge. It’s the right thing to do. It’s the fight that must happen”, he assured a couple of days ago.
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