Manon Fiorot is getting impatient together with her watch for a UFC title shot.
Fiorot (12-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) has steadily knocked off contenders whereas the title struggle trilogy between Valentina Shevchenko and Alexa Grasso performed out. Now that Shevchenko has emerged with the ladies’s flyweight belt, Fiorot is raring to lastly e book her first championship alternative.
The Frenchwoman took to social media on Friday and made a pointed callout at Shevchenko (24-4-1 MMA, 13-3-1 UFC), declaring that she’s going to take the belt and ship “The Bullet” into retirement from the game (by way of X):
@BulletValentina cease making individuals wait! Let’s do it quickly sufficient so I can ship you to retirement and transfer on.@MMAJunkie @mmamania @espnmma @danawhite @Mickmaynard2
— Manon The Beast FIOROT 🇨🇵 (@ManonFiorot_MMA) November 8, 2024
Cease making individuals wait! Let’s do it quickly sufficient so I can ship you to retirement and transfer on.
Fiorot, No. 3 within the newest USA TODAY Sports activities/MMA Junkie ladies’s flyweight rankings, has but to be crushed underneath the UFC banner. The 34-year-old has already defeated Erin Blanchfield, Rose Namajunas, Mayra Bueno Silva and extra throughout her run, and is seeking to climb the final word prize of UFC gold.
In a current interview on “The Ariel Helwani Present,” No. 1-ranked Shevchenko mentioned she is open to a struggle with Fiorot, who weighed in because the backup fighter when Shevchenko reclaimed the 125-pound belt from Grasso at UFC 306 in September.
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