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Manon Fiorot may have punched her ticket to a UFC title battle. Fiorot overwhelmed fellow leading competitor Erin Blanchfield at UFC Fight Night in Atlantic City on Saturday en path to a consentaneous choice win.
Fiorot motioned for a title around her waist as UFC commentator Bruce Buffer revealed her name inside the Octagon. Blanchfield and Fiorot fulfilled in a fight of elite brand-new competitors in the ladies’s flyweight department. Blanchfield and Fiorot, ranked No. 2 and No. 3 respectively in the UFC’s main rankings, run with an expectation that a title shot waited for the winner.
“I’m all set,” Fiorot stated through an interpreter throughout her post-fight interview. “No matter what, I desire my title shot.”
The typical pre-fight evaluation was that Blanchfield would require to close the range to beat her more well-rounded challenger. Fiorot kept Blanchfield at range with strikes, tallying up points on the scorecards. Blanchfield combated valiantly in Round 2 and Round 4, however Fiorot swept her on all 3 judges scorecards with exceptional striking.
Blanchfield (12-2) went into the battle with 6 successive wins, most just recently beating previous title opposition Talia Santos and previous females’s strawweight champ Jessica Andrade. Fiorot (12-1) likewise had 6 straight wins with the most current being over previous strawweight champ Rose Namajunas.
UFC ladies’s flyweight champ Alexa Grasso and previous champ Valentina Shevchenko are set as coaches for the upcoming season of “The Ultimate Fighter.” A trilogy battle in between them is anticipated to follow with Fiorot waiting in the wings.
