{"id":36497,"date":"2026-01-08T05:39:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Ranked-Flyweights-Expected-to-Rematch-at-UFC-Seattle-199677"},"modified":"2026-01-08T05:39:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:39:28","slug":"ranked-flyweights-expected-to-rematch-at-ufc-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ranked-flyweights-expected-to-rematch-at-ufc-seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranked Flyweights Expected to Rematch at UFC Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ranked-flyweights-expected-to-rematch-at-ufc-seattle.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Alexa Grasso is looking for her first win since March 2023. |<br \/>\nGetty\/UFC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>More than five years after their first encounter, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alexa-Grasso-142845\">Alexa<br \/>\nGrasso<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Maycee-Barber-253613\">Maycee<br \/>\nBarber<\/a> are going to run it back.<\/p>\n<p>Grasso and Barber will square off in a flyweight contest at<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-271-March-28-110786\"><br \/>\nUFC Seattle<\/a> \u2014 also known as UFC Fight Night 271 \u2014 on March 28.<br \/>\nMultiple outlets confirmed the pairing following an <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realkevink\/status\/2008712179286225188?s=20\">initial report<\/a> from RealKevinK on social media. Barber<br \/>\ndefeated Grasso via unanimous decision in their initial meeting at<br \/>\nUFC 258 on Feb. 13, 2021. UFC Seattle takes place at Climate Pledge<br \/>\nArena and airs on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p>Grasso had been slated to face <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Rose-Namajunas-69083\">Rose<br \/>\nNamajunas<\/a> at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-324-Jan-24-110614\">UFC 324<\/a><br \/>\non Jan. 24 but pulled out of the fight due to an undisclsoed<br \/>\ninjury.<\/p>\n<h2>On the Comeback Trail<\/h2>\n<p>Grasso will be looking for her first victory since March 2023, when<br \/>\nshe upset <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Valentina-Shevchenko-45384\">Valentina<br \/>\nShevchenko<\/a> at UFC 285 to claim the 125-pound crown. After their<br \/>\nrematch ended in a split draw, Grasso lost the trilogy bout via<br \/>\nunanimous decision at UFC 306. More recently, the 32-year-old<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/stats\/fightfinder?association=Lobo+Gym+MMA\"><br \/>\nLobo Gym MMA<\/a> standout was outpointed by rising contender<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Natalia-Silva-193033\">Natalia<br \/>\nSilva<\/a> at UFC 315.<\/p>\n<p>Barber will take a seven-fight <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUFC<\/a> winning streak into the rematch with Grasso. \u201cThe Future\u201d<br \/>\nreturned to the Octagon after more than a year away at UFC 323,<br \/>\nwhere she took a unanimous verdict over <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Karine-Silva-153807\">Karine<br \/>\nSilva<\/a>. The 27-year-old owns other notable victories against the<br \/>\nlikes of Kaitlyn Cerminara, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Amanda-Ribas-171625\">Amanda<br \/>\nRibas<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Miranda-Maverick-230031\">Miranda<br \/>\nMaverick<\/a>, to name a few.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexa Grasso is looking for her first win since March 2023. | Getty\/UFC More than five years after their first encounter, Alexa Grasso and Maycee Barber are going to run it back. Grasso and Barber will square off in a flyweight contest at UFC Seattle \u2014 also known as UFC Fight Night 271 \u2014 on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}