Alexa Grasso Submitted Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 285

Alexa Grasso submitted Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 285 in a major upset. Shevchenko came into the fight with a 23-3 record on a nine fight win streak. Grasso jumped on Shevchenko's back in the fourth round and sunk in a choke that she refused to let go. It was her fifth win in a row and earned her the UFC women's flyweight title.
ALEXA GRASSO HAS SUBMITTED VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO!!
β UFC (@ufc) March 5, 2023
WE HAVE A NEW FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION ππ²π½ #UFC285 pic.twitter.com/t4HMH5vXnw
Grasso said that she had trained to take Shevchenko's back when she threw some spinning stuff and that's exactly what happened. Talk about a game plan. As Joe Rogan noted in the post-fight interview, it was an upset over one of the most dominant champions the UFC has ever seen.