UFC strawweight and perpetually upbeat Alexa Grasso is on the mend following a recent knee surgery. Grasso (10-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) fell out of the top 15 of the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA women’s strawweight rankings following a decision loss to Felice Herrig in February. She rebounded in August with a narrow split-decision win over Randa Markos in August, and the fight was a finalist for MMAjunkie’s “ Fight of the Month .” However, the 24-year-old Mexican fighter, who missed weight for the fight , revealed she had a knee injury going into the matchup, as she wrote on Instagram : According to Grasso, an MRI revealed a “damaged” meniscus. Here’s a full translation provided by MMAjunkie: “Good morning. I hope that you had a great weekend
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UFC’s Alexa Grasso undergoes knee surgery, still all smiles – MMA Junkie