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Alexa Grasso uttalar sig efter viktmissen

Ursprungligen var tanken att den mexikanska stråviktaren Alexa Grasso skulle ställas mot den forna titelutmanaren Claudia Gadelha under helgens UFC 246. Matchen ställdes dock in under gårdagen efter att det under invägningarna kommit fram att Grasso missade vikten med 5.5 lbs (Ca 2.5 kg). Matchen var tänkt att äga rum på galans huvudkort men istället kommer nu mötet mellan Brian Kelleher och Ode Osbourne att äga rum där.

Efter att hon tvingats bort från mötet mot Gadelha valde Grasso att gå ut med ett uttalande via instagram där hon bland annat ber om ursäkt till både Gadelha och UFC. Samtidigt hon även att hon planerar att flytta upp en viktklass till flugvikt för framtida matcher.

I want to apologize to Claudia Gadelha and the UFC. I know this is a fight all were waiting a lot, including me. I trained very much for this and I did everything to lose those pounds. The commission did not allow our combat although my opponent and I agreed with the sanction this implied for me. The doctors did not allow me to compete.You don’t know how difficult it has been lately to keep me in this weigh class. It was not a lack of discipline because even if I do not have a fight I’m ALWAYS on diet.I turned 26 and my body is not the same, I am growing and I am in this biological process where my metabolism is changing.I have lived in recent years to the limit of what a body needs to be healthy, and yet I have always fulfilled my obligations. Let’s not talk about a flu or if my period is crossed because that added to the diet had made the weigh cuts a real suffering. I never complain or tell these things because I am not that kind of person and I always show you my best attitude. My team and I have decided that the smartest and healthiest thing to do is to be in other weigh class. With all the respect that it deserves and of course pain in my heart I say goodbye to the strawweight division 115 LB. This year has a different goal for me and I officially move to Flyweight 125 LB. I know that at this weight I will be healthier and stronger giving my body all the nutrients it needs. Thanks to all the people who support me, my Lobo team and my coaches who are with me every day and know that what I do is completely a commitment to my sport and my career. I start a new stage in my life!

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I want to apologize to Claudia Gadelha and the UFC I know this is a fight all were waiting a lot, including me. I trained very much for this and I did everything to lose those pounds. The commission did not allow our combat although my opponent and I agreed with the sanction this implied for me. The doctors did not allow me to compete. You don’t know how difficult it has been lately to keep me in this weigh class. It was not a lack of discipline because even if I do not have a fight I’m ALWAYS on diet. I turned 26 and my body is not the same, I am growing and I am in this biological process where my metabolism is changing. I have lived in recent years to the limit of what a body needs to be healthy, and yet I have always fulfilled my obligations. Let's not talk about a flu or if my period is crossed because that added to the diet had made the weigh cuts a real suffering. I never complain or tell these things because I am not that kind of person and I always show you my best attitude. My team and I have decided that the smartest and healthiest thing to do is to be in other weigh class. With all the respect that it deserves and of course pain in my heart I say goodbye to the strawweight division 115 LB This year has a different goal for me and I officially move to Flyweight 125 LB I know that at this weight I will be healthier and stronger giving my body all the nutrients it needs. Thanks to all the people who support me, my Lobo team and my coaches who are with me every day and know that what I do is completely a commitment to my sport and my career. I start a new stage in my life!

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I nuläget är det osäkert om UFC kommer att boka om matchen mellan Gadelha och Grasso i en ny viktklass för ett senare tillfälle eller om matchen helt enkelt inte blir av.

UFC 246 kommer att äga rum natten mellan lördag och söndag i Las Vegas, USA. Huvudmatchen kommer att stå mellan Conor McGregor och Donald Cerrone.

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