Noche UFC Athlete Panel with Alexa Grasso, Valentina Shevchenko, more

Hear from select fighters for Noche UFC: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2, which goes down Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas
Participants:
Gilbert Melendez - Host
Alexa Grasso - UFC women’s flyweight champion
Valentina Shevchenko - No. 1 UFC women’s flyweight
Raul Rosas Jr. - UFC bantamweight
Daniel Zellhuber - UFC lightweight
Tracy Cortez - UFC women’s flyweight
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[@mobeck]

Valentina's ego is probably her biggest weakness

[@1smartwizard]

😅 ha ha ha, I thought I was the only one watching this

[@AndresTapia-qe9zg]

Fuck no her mentality is strong

[@AndresTapia-qe9zg]

If you are the only white. In front of Mexican champions. Valentina. Pero boy Gresco

[@joer8761]

She's not going to win

[@JohnSmith-pg9ns]

Valentina has always been obnoxious

[@rodrigodiaz9472]

Good to see Gilbert Melendez 🇺🇸🇲🇽

[@JohnSmith-pg9ns]

Didn't even know he was here till the end 😂

[@jaseralejandro7982]

Daniel when valentina starts to talk about what Alexa said is like "en la madre" hahah so funny 😂

[@pragyamanral]

Ppl saying shes egocentric. You have to remember this is a person who has been a champion for more than a decade She has always worked her way to the top and remain a champion be it mma, muay thai, kickboxing. I dont care if shes has some ego. Shes got to have some after being dominant for so long. She is not a normal person. This is the mind of a lifetime champion. And what is alexa saying criticize her for going on the ground. Man this is mma. Valentina can do anything she wants. Shes not an incomplete fighter relying only on one skill.

[@kristaolson401]

Yes!!!

[@JJj-xratedgt]

Val discredited her performance . Like ANDERSON SAYS "ITS NORMAL" LOL ...& she points out if Shevs' is the dominant striker WHY then did she start shooting...GRASSO just pointing back at flippn the script..."it's normal" lol

[@spencebyud8072]

correct but that's also a curse because now her work is visible.

[@JohnSmith-pg9ns]

Valentina has a chip on her shoulder, Alexa has the belt on hers 😊

[@JJj-xratedgt]

EMOTION CAN HURT YU OR HELP YU...TOTAL FOCUS IS DIFFRENT...WE WILL SEE WHAT BULLETS SHE FIRES OFF...ONE FUARANTEE TWO WANT IT ONE GETS IT! EITHER WAY BELLET AINT "SHOOTING BLANKS"!

[@RickyGarcia214]

Shevchenko speaking Spanish threw me off so much lmao especially how good it was, hopefully Grasso can keep the belt 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 wish nothing but the best for both!

[@Texaco_]

That was honestly real cool to hear. You can tell she respects the culture

[@luisdawnfinder3188]

She lived in Peru for 8 years I think

[@daboy5256]

I think she knows 4 languages actually

[@gam3dr.]

Fluently! (She speaks 6 actually because of the variations - truly a weapon if she fell into the wrong hands lol)

[@chrislove4851]

I hope Valentina shuts up all those people who doubted her

[@monkmode9853]

She loss ! Dont blame doubters u goof

[@OscarReyes-yp2gs]

jajaja Cerruana?

[@bhbluebird]

Val and Alexa are trying to get in each other's heads a little bit.

[@user-el2zj3pw5r]

Thanks

[@pigsquealingcore]

yeah, they both definitely trynna play some mind games haha it's gonna be a good fight either way though, gonna be exciting to see if Valentina pushes the pace a little more this time around

[@ferfabian4584]

Donde puedo ver esto subtitulado

[@MichaelSpikes-pv6kl]

Great press conference

[@Dante-xy2bm]

Grasso 🔥❤️🇲🇽

[@bnaps2371]

Starts around 10:53

[@Ivanselectsongs]

nani?

[@blackslav1497]

@@Ivanselectsongs Ooskyalachko!

[@dudebrodude4388]

Punani

[@jamessullivan4612]

Appreciate it

[@trueking1857]

Sitting Raul beside Daniel is like the before and after photos of a car crash victims reconstructive surgery

[@robertt8822]

That was a nasty line by you

[@chaboi7]

That's the type of thing you say when you've got nothing going for you in your own life.

[@trueking1857]

@@chaboi7 I’m dying so it’s ok for me to be rude 😀

[@chaboi7]

@trueking1857 you ain't dying you're lying

[@trueking1857]

@@chaboi7 no I’m dying I have terminal disease and I will be dead by end of year

[@karinaleticiagaytan6314]

Quiero ver este video con su títulos en español, dónde puedo verlo

[@ulisesgrajalesnava6114]

La Valentina ve a todos los peleadores como insectos, ojalá Alexa noquee a la Valentina.😊😊

[@763grams]

Neta que si eh. Pero tambien el Raul y Daniel burlándose de ella en frente su cara 😂😂

[@poofbah431]

Oh nah. Grasso in Valentina’s head

[@BroEdwardC]

Both ladies are pretty! Looking ahead to Part 3 already.

[@ontiverosrudy]

Alexita es un amor!!! 🇲🇽😍

[@Gotyou15]

Wow schevshenko however you spell it speaks awesome Spanish!

[@lupe103344522]

She’s a Peruvian citizen

[@Gotyou15]

@@lupe103344522 yes i have heard!! So cool

[@HectorLopez-dl2hi]

Love this Guy on the microphone 🎤

[@HectorLopez-dl2hi]

This is great Commertator

[@georgemiranda8761]

Valentina’s Spanish is on Point💪🏼

[@Cxmplex_Cxrtex]

If Shevchenko learned nothing in that loss she's going to lose again. Just like with Amanda Nunes. So stubborn & in denile that she legit lost the fight.

[@Lezzyboy87]

She was winning on all scorecards...

[@Cxmplex_Cxrtex]

@@Lezzyboy87 That doesn't matter. She got rocked by a right, her back taken & put on the mat then had her face crushed to the point of tapping before her jaw broke. Shevchenko says she learned nothing from it. In her mind it was just Grasso getting lucky. Her ignorance is bliss for Alexa.

[@Mr.Elliott]

Amanda won her rematch w/ pena lol

[@Cxmplex_Cxrtex]

@@Mr.Elliott Nah, I'm saying Shevchenko didn't learn from the 1st Nunes fight either.

[@Mr.Elliott]

@@Cxmplex_Cxrtex oh oh i see my bad

[@aticktko1]

Watching from uk London

[@MrSagarcool14]

My condolences

[@AndresTapia-qe9zg]

Alexa

[@brandonskiz2193]

Lol Valentina like sorry I might shit on yalls parade Saturday night

[@JJj-xratedgt]

Why is *MELENDEZ DOING THE HOSTING Q&A COMENTARY? J.A mia

[@joehogan8013]

melendez?

[@PATinPattayaThailand]

I'm pretty sure because he is MEXICAN? Speaks Spanish and this is a mostly Mexican fight card? Wow, I used a lot of brain cells on that answer!

[@ash-3340]

Bros 1-1 saying coming for that belt, big ass chin gonna get rocked

[@nghiemly2885]

Girber look like a big street taco kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkj

[@RollinRocker]

18:25

[@AndresTapia-qe9zg]

Tracy Cortez

[@lintman9295]

Bro, had no idea Val could speak Spanish so well. Love Grasso tho, have her to win by KO

[@marioman890]

You Wildin Bruh Lmao , Nigga Said By Ko Lmao Ight

[@spinebreaker6669]

europeans usualy speak atleast 2-3 languages if not more

[@MsChristianlady7]

Gilbert Melendez 🐐💯

[@StevenObb]

Only winner up there is Valentina the Queen❤

[@nilesrodriguez4343]

Tracy Cortez still around? I could have sworn she got cut 🤔

[@andresmeza8046]

The voice over the panel´ voices is really annoying.

[@kefo3x206]

First Mexican ufc champion ? Brandon ?

[@AndresTapia-qe9zg]

Toda la Raza

[@joseapuelajimenez3370]

VAMOS VALENTINA 🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪

[@fernandojuarez1377]

Alexa looking like tomb raider

[@bmxisgod14]

Lara Croft*, tomb raider is the name of the storyline.

[@infamousperspective333]

Tracy is the most famous ufc Mexican 304

[@dannyjohnclaude9983]

Wats 304 lol😂

[@franco30528]

Are you ok, Nate Diaz is more popular and Mexican

[@dejay1739]

Good job jalapeño rosas

[@_KaiRos-11]

I want to be in America

[@spencebyud8072]

but America wants to be on Mars.

[@spencebyud8072]

but America wants to be on Mars.

[@_KaiRos-11]

Yea the demoncats are definitely making Mars look like an option. Never have I seen or known immigration to be so destructive since the democRats unleashed the Arab Spring or whatever that meant on Europe with Hitlary and Obuma

[@juanjo6611]

LA RUSA - PERUANA ESTA CON TODA LA MISTICA PARA RECUPERAR SU TITULO ESTARA INTERESANTE ESA PELEA

[@JJj-xratedgt]

This is NOT AN EASY FIND . I WAS SHUT DWN ON THIS PRESSR AND JUST GOT IT BACK ON. ASK YOURSELF WHY ISNT THIS PRESSR NOT POPN ..UP ON UTUBE AS IT HAS BEEN LOST IN THE SHUFFLE ...ARE YOU READY DR.OBVIOUS TO TRANSLATE THIS LACK OF EXPOSURE BY COMPARISON TO OTHER ACCESSIBLE PRESSR'

[@763grams]

I had a hard time finding it as well

[@humanedane]

valentina, still delusional. She can't get beyond her narcissistic injury from losing that fight. if she's not careful, she's gonna go down again!

[@marioman890]

You never fought in your life

[@Maximus90277]

Valentina - I’m going to give alesso a dirty sanchez

[@JJj-xratedgt]

Oops its said SHEV SPEAKS *7 LANGUAGES...U-CHAEL STILL ISNT IMPRESSED "BUY" HER PERFORMANCE...TOUGH CROWD?

[@ismaelluna3267]

It seems that Valentina is showing her true colors as an egocentric.Nothing wrong with that I hope a fight with courage on both sides.

[@antman2960]

I think she’s accomplished enough to warrant thinking highly of herself tbh. 7 title defenses is no joke

[@ismaelluna3267]

@@antman2960 That's what I'm saying she self centered thinking highly of herself only of herself, egocentric.

[@eliasmanzanom.h6501]

​@@ismaelluna3267 Bro she defended the title 7 times she is a Legends in mama women fights

[@eliasmanzanom.h6501]

She defended the title 7 times, she is right saying he is one of the BEST womens mma

[@ismaelluna3267]

@eliasmanzanom.h6501 The fhater of mma in my opinion is Bruce Lee,he said is easy for me to say something good about my self or make a fancy move to show how great I'm, but to act true about myself is very hard without ego.She has all that wins in her career but she is an egocentric that's all.

[@dr.dedosdeplatano6843]

Vamos Valentina !!!!

[@JohnSmith-pg9ns]

No

[@franco30528]

They should have drank a cup of coffee, such low energy

[@FredrickHoxinville]

Jasmine gonna dominate Tracy

[@marcuscobiealexander8360]

I was thinking the same But I could be wrong it's mma Sean strickland is MW champion

[@joeyv2083]

@@marcuscobiealexander8360 there fight is 100% similar to Izzy VS Sean so that’s true

[@JohnAdams-bb3qz]

Tracey is the better wrestler though. We'll see if she can stop the takedown

[@11onejay]

Lmao tracy outting on her fake maeixan accent than switching back to her american English accent 😂

[@bmxisgod14]

She sounds like every chick from my high-school

[@franco30528]

Rosas is so cringey , he could pull off the attitude if he was winning and ranked top 10

[@_KaiRos-11]

Can’t wait to see Valentina back in there and getting that revenge cause The Bullet is a champions, Champion.

[@johnes]

As a Mexican American or Hispanic or whatever, I wish I was on a panel like this where they could ask what fighting on mexican Independence Day means to me. I’d be like, I don’t care about holiday. It means nothing to me.

[@jayn6943]

That's because you're American. It's not surprising. You don't see Brazilians celebrating the independence day of other countries.

[@ivannolasco6947]

A nadie le importas xd 🤣

[@frankthetank819]

The girl sitting besides Alexa 😂😂😂 annoying

[@spencebyud8072]

lol why

[@mart0287]

She beauty ❤❤❤

[@frankthetank819]

@@mart0287 😑

[@poofbah431]

I don’t all the way mind Valentina being there but it does take away a bit from Grasso’s shine right now

[@blackslav1497]

Agree, it should be 1 on 1.

[@frankthetank819]

Grasso is delusional 😂😂😂

[@_KaiRos-11]

Gah! Not surprising to see Valentina all class up there speaking her 3rd or 4th language while UFC wanna be all P.C. And praise any country besides America

[@Lezzyboy87]

Cant believe the guy from the Goonies is in the ufc

[@joer8761]

Oh be quiet Valentina. Alexa Will kick 🦵 her butt

[@ralphdejesus9732]

I'm rooting for all of them except Valentina.

[@mugen11120]

No one cares she gonna win all of them are losing probably like 2 of them besides Valentina is winning cope

[@dudebrodude4388]

​@@mugen11120,

[@runningreenie9074]

😂

[@restlessyouthproductions]

Shev is arrogant af

[@bigb00tieho3s]

Tracey not even popular lol

[@franco30528]

She’s more like a instagram thot famous sort of

[@AndresTapia-qe9zg]

Viva o muera Mexico

[@peacethroughstrength172]

Wow, and that is exactly why VS will lose this rematch in even far worse conditions. Through rd 3 AG had landed more per compubox. VS was gassed AF at end of rd 3 from getting hit and not being able to control AG, energy spent. Yea she took her down but did nothing, no damage. AG made her work and neutralized her bc AG is stronger. AG did more damage to VS in rd 1 than Taila did in 5 and Amanda did in the entire 2d fight, let that sink in. In rd 4 AG cranked it up on her because she was in far superior shape cardio wise than VS. VS crumbled down easily because she was done. And no it wasnt a mistake lol, VS always does that to create space and alllll the others reared back, not Alexa. VS is too stubborn to improve and her adamant behavior is proof of this and unless she was born again she isnt gonna change in terms of power and cardio in 3 mos at 34 yrs old. But you can bet AG did and is great coming out of Lobo Gym, proof is she made an in fight adjustment to stuff her takedowns and that aint easy versus a VS. AG is alot stronger than fools think, VS knows this and Im glad AG told her back because that shut down VSs misplaced arrogance. Had she not, VS would have kept on and many people are like this in real life. IF VS cant take her down and even if she does she cant do sht, then what? She aint beating her in standup for sure, AG cracks alot harder than her and will have cardio for a 10 rounder. Always been a huge fan of VS but her attitude of denial and disrespect to AG is gonna prove to be a liability come Saturday. Semper Fidelis

[@michaelthomas8147]

CompuBox is for boxing, not MMA. UFC Stats/Fight Metric handles the statistics for the UFC, and they say Valentina outlanded Grasso 87 to 59 in significant strikes. Did you think nobody was going to fact check you? You claim she was gassed at the end of round 3, yet she won round 3 decisively and proceeded to outstrike her 22 to 13 in the very next around. Almost every line of that wall of text you typed is inaccurate. It's actually amazing.

[@peacethroughstrength172]

@@michaelthomas8147 I know that fool but the numbers were still up for Alexa! Re watch it lol, the shots to head body and leg at end of rd 3. And VS was Fn gassed, 4 and 5 were AGs who was barely breathing and had cranked it up. VS is too damn stubborn to improve BUT I know AG did. We will see but youre grasping, AG is gonna put a beatdown on her tomorrow. Semper Fidelis

[@michaelthomas8147]

@@peacethroughstrength172 You just doubled down on the same lie. Grasso was not up on anything. Valentina led on significant strikes in every round. The UFC Stats are readily available. And no, she was not gassed. She won the third handily and was ahead in the fourth.

[@bmxisgod14]

I love Gilbert but hes not that great of a host

[@AndresTapia-qe9zg]

Who is that Girl . RAZA TATTOOIST

[@MAWILL282000]

I bet my house on u bullet , lets go🎉🎉🎉😊

[@guadalupesamano1748]

Let’s go Alexa 🇲🇽🇲🇽🥊🥊

[@blackslav1497]

Bet on me. I am gonna be in the UFC in 46 years.

[@steadymanos]

​@@blackslav1497I bet you're not 😂😅

[@spencebyud8072]

can i have a dollar

[@spencebyud8072]

strickland took all my money

[@fiddelydee4423]

Yo..... Shevchenko is the only person up there who can't speak Spanish.... im dead afff.

[@FlamingArrow850]

She speaks fluent spanish

[@joehogan8013]

you’re wrong afff.

[@Pappa.D]

@@FlamingArrow850 Valentina just spoke Spanish when answering one of the questions didn't she?

[@michaelgaudette6054]

ites leggit 3 min in and the first 10 phrase shes say its spanish

[@fern2100]

What’re u talking about lmao she’s fluent

[@venanciogregorio9108]

Esta aburrida esta coferencia