LAS VEGAS The UFC has  crowned three Mexican

champions in 2023, the biggest of which was at UFC 285 on

Saturday. Alexa Grasso (16-3) shocked the world at UFC

286 when she submitted seven-time  flyweight champion

Valentina Shevchenko (23-4) at 4:34 of round four. She

became the  6-to-1 underdog and joined flyweight champion

Brandon Moreno and interim featherweight champion Yasir

Rodriguez as the new Mexican champion of the year.

Grasso, from Guadalajara, Mexico, made his UFC flyweight

debut just five fights ago in August 2020 after years of

competing  at strawweight. She had rivaled Shevchenko

from the start, but it was her ability to capitalize on a single

mistake by the eternal champion that made her the new

titleholder. With less than a minute left in the quarter,

Shevchenko landed a rebound that exposed her  to Grasso.

Grasso felt the moment of  Shevchenko's movement and