UFC 306’s co-main occasion has its official contingency plan.
Prime flyweight contender Manon Fiorot is ready to function the backup fighter for the trilogy bout between UFC ladies’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso and former champ Valentina Shevchenko, which takes place Sept. 14 on the Sphere in Las Vegas. Sources near the state of affairs confirmed the information to MMA Preventing’s Damon Martin on Friday.
Fiorot’s coach Aldric Cassata beforehand informed Boxemag.com of Fiorot’s alternative however the transfer is now official.
Fiorot, 34, is MMA Preventing’s No. 3 ranked feminine flyweight on this planet and No. 4 ranked ladies’s pound-for-pound fighter. The French contender is an ideal 7-0 below the UFC umbrella, a run punctuated by spectacular wins over prime abilities Erin Blanchfield, Rose Namajunas, Katlyn Cerminara, Jennifer Maia, and Mayra Bueno Silva.
Grasso and Shevhchenko are set to fulfill for a 3rd consecutive time in a rivalry that first started in March 2023 with Grasso’s beautiful upset of Shevchenko through fourth-round submission. The 2 then met in a rematch this previous September, which ended with Grasso retaining the belt through a controversial cut up draw on the inaugural Noche UFC present.
Grasso and Shevchenko subsequently coached reverse each other on the current season of The Final Fighter 32, which decides its winners this Saturday at UFC Vegas 96.
