Manon Fiorot has thrown a curveball into the UFC women’s flyweight division’s world title picture. Heading into 2022, UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion Valentina Shevchenko had turned in six dominant title defenses, and there were no sig…
Manon Fiorot has thrown a curveball into the UFC women’s flyweight division’s world title picture. Heading into 2022, UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion Valentina Shevchenko had turned in six dominant title defenses, and there were no signs of “The Bullet” slowing down. Four of those victories came by stoppage, with the other two being unanimous decisions….
Undisputed UFC flyweight titleholder, Valentina Shevchenko has offered to defend her undisputed throne against surging French contender, Manon Fiorot next – claiming most-recent title chaser, Taila Santos likely needs to win another fight before landing a rematch with her. Shevchenko, 34, most recently co-headlined UFC 275 back in June of this year in Singapore against […]
Undisputed UFC flyweight titleholder, Valentina Shevchenko has offered to defend her undisputed throne against surging French contender, Manon Fiorot next – claiming most-recent title chaser, Taila Santos likely needs to win another fight before landing a rematch with her.
Shevchenko, 34, most recently co-headlined UFC 275 back in June of this year in Singapore against Brazilian contender, Santos, narrowly defending her flyweight throne in a close, split decision victory in Kallang.
The win ensured Shevchenko continued her perfect run at the flyweight limit since her move to the weight class back in 2018 – extending her undefeated record at 125lbs to nine fights to boot.
For Fiorot, the France native improved to 10-1 as a professional at UFC 280 back in October on ‘Fight Island’ handing common-foe and one-time title challenger, Katlyn Chookagian a unanimous decision loss. The victory also saw Fiorot land at #1 in the official flyweight rankings to boot.
Valentina Shevchenko floats 2023 fight against Manon Fiorot
Welcoming an Octagon return as soon as possible, Shevchenko mentioned a potential fight with the aforenoted, Fiorot as a potential next opponent.
“I was thinking about Manon Fiorot to defend my title – to defend flyweight [title next],” Valentina Shevchenko told The Schmo during a recent interview. And I asked [the UFC] to send me the agreement as soon as they can because I was ready to fight in December. I was ready to fight tomorrow. But yeah, [we] probably will do it next year.”
As far as an immediate title rematch with Santos is concerned, however, Kyrgyzstan native, Shevchenko has urged the Brazilian to earn her shot at flyweight spoils.
“Taila, she kind of has to prove about herself, that she deserves this title again,” Valentina Shevchenko explained. “Because she recently started to speak too much. And these kind of girls, young girls, they have a few victories, some losses, and they have too much ego, and they are starting to speak about themselves like they are something.” (Transcribed by MMA News)
UFC women’s flyweight contender Manon Fiorot knows a title shot against Valentina Shevchenko won’t be immediate but has a path in mind. Fiorot collected a unanimous decision win over former title challenger Katlyn Chookagian at UFC 280 last…
UFC women’s flyweight contender Manon Fiorot knows a title shot against Valentina Shevchenko won’t be immediate but has a path in mind. Fiorot collected a unanimous decision win over former title challenger Katlyn Chookagian at UFC 280 last Saturday. She’s won 10 in a row since losing her professional debut in a split decision to…
UFC women’s flyweight contender Manon Fiorot knows a title shot against Valentina Shevchenko won’t be immediate but has a path in mind. Fiorot collected a unanimous decision win over former title challenger Katlyn Chookagian at UFC 280 last…
UFC women’s flyweight contender Manon Fiorot knows a title shot against Valentina Shevchenko won’t be immediate but has a path in mind. Fiorot collected a unanimous decision win over former title challenger Katlyn Chookagian at UFC 280 last Saturday. She’s won 10 in a row since losing her professional debut in a split decision to…
Manon Fiorot has scored ten wins in a row after earning a victory over Katlyn Chookagian at UFC 280. Fiorot was taking a massive step up in competition when facing the former flyweight title challenger in Chookagian, to kick off the UFC 280 pay-per-vie…
Manon Fiorot has scored ten wins in a row after earning a victory over Katlyn Chookagian at UFC 280. Fiorot was taking a massive step up in competition when facing the former flyweight title challenger in Chookagian, to kick off the UFC 280 pay-per-view in Abu Dhabi. To that point, she had been undefeated and…
Former UFC Strawweight Champion Jéssica Andrade will step up to face Manon Fiorot in a flyweight bout at UFC Paris on September 3rd. Andrade will fill in for former title challenger Katlyn Chookagian who withdrew from the fight this week. News of the Andrade/Fiorot booking was first reported by MMA Junkie’s Nolan King. Andrade appeared…
Former UFC Strawweight Champion Jéssica Andrade will step up to face Manon Fiorot in a flyweight bout at UFC Paris on September 3rd.
Andrade will fill in for former title challenger Katlyn Chookagian who withdrew from the fight this week. News of the Andrade/Fiorot booking was first reported by MMA Junkie’s Nolan King.
Andrade appeared to be back on the run towards a potential strawweight title shot after a win over Amanda Lemos in April. Now, she seems intent to make title runs at multiple weight classes, including most recently teasing a potential move to bantamweight.
Andrade was expected to be a tough challenge to Valentina Shevchenko before losing to her via second-round TKO at UFC 261. She followed it up by defeating Cynthia Calvillo via first-round knockout at UFC 266.
Andrade will face a streaking Fiorot who has won nine straight following her lone defeat in her first professional fight to Leah McCourt in Cage Warriors. She most recently picked up impressive decision wins over the likes of Jennifer Maia and Mayra Bueno Silva.
Fiorot also earned the UAE Warriors flyweight title over Gabriela Campo in 2020 before earning a shot in the UFC just months later. She won her UFC debut over Victoria Leonardo in Jan. 2021.
UFC Paris will be headlined by a heavyweight matchup between top contenders Ciryl Gane and Tai Tuivasa.
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