Manon FiorotMixed martial arts show results Date: June 5, 2021
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, currently competing in the

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division in the

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(UFC). As of February 27, 2022, she is #1 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings, and #11 in UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings.

Background

Fiorot's athletic career began at the age of 7 with karate. Later, she took up residence at a snowboarding school, and won the French Snowboarding Championship. At age 18, Fiorot returned to karate and earned her black belt before joining the French national team. In 2014, she was selected for the World Karate Championships, but was seriously injured shortly thereafter. After recovering, she discovered kickboxing and Thai boxing in which she won several national competitions. In amateur Muay Thai, her record is 12 victories and 0 defeats, and she holds two national champion titles. Fiorot also holds a Black belt in karate, and three national champion titles in K-1.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

In 2017, she participated in the European Amateur Championships where she lost in the finals to the wrestling of Cornelia Holm. A few months later, she won the IMMAF World Amateur Championships. Her record in amateur fighting was 7 wins with 1 loss. On June 16, 2018, she fought professionally for the first time against

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in the Cage Warriors organization at ''Cage Warriors 94'' and lost by split decision. In 2019, she traveled to Johannesburg to join a reality show called "The Fighter" organized by the

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(EFC). After 2 months of competition, she won the reality show's contest and joined the EFC. In December 2019, she won against Amanda Lino, becoming the EFC Women's Flyweight World Champion. After earning her title, she joined UAE Warriors. At UAE Warriors 12, she defeated Corinne Laframboise via TKO in round three. Fiorot defeated Naomi Tataroglu via TKO in the second round at UAE Warriors 13. At UAE 14, she defeated Gabriela Campos via TKO in the first round, capturing the UAEW Flyweight Championship.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Fiorot made her UFC debut on January 20, 2021 at UFC on ESPN: Chiesa vs. Magny against

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. She won the fight via second-round technical knockout. Fiorot was scheduled to face

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on June 5, 2021 at UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai. However, Moroz was pulled from the event for undisclosed reasons, and she was replaced by

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. Fiorot won the bout via standing TKO in the second round. Fiorot was scheduled to face Mayra Bueno Silva on September 25, 2021 at

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. However, the bout was postponed to UFC Fight Night: Ladd vs. Dumont due to COVID-19 protocols. Fiorot won the fight via unanimous decision. As the first bout of her new multi-fight contract, Fiorot was scheduled to face

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on March 5, 2022 at UFC 272. However, a week before the event, Eye withdrew due to injury and the bout was cancelled. Fiorot faced

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vs on March 26, 2022 at

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. She won the fight by unanimous decision. Fiorot was scheduled to face

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on September 3, 2022, at

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. However, Chookagian withdrew due to unknown reasons in mid June and was replaced by former

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. In turn, Andrade withdrew in mid July due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Fiorot's original opponent Chookagian. After Fiorot injured her knee, the bout was eventually shifted to take place at

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on October 22, 2022. At the weigh-ins, Chookagian weighed in at 127.5 pounds, 1.5 pounds over the flyweight non-title fight limit. Chookagian was fined 20% of her purse, which will go to her opponent Fiorot. She won the fight by unanimous decision.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

** EFC Women's Flyweight World Championship (One time) *UAE Warriors **UAEW Flyweight Championship (One time)

Mixed martial arts record

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References

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