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Fighter Profile: Manon Fiorot
Manon Fiorot: French UFC flyweight contender — record, striking and next booking.
Background
French flyweight from Nice, a former karate and kickboxing competitor known as “The Beast”. Her professional record is 13-2 and she is ranked second in the UFC women’s flyweight division.
Career timeline
- Joined the UFC in 2021 and won her first six promotional fights, reaching title contention undefeated in the organisation.
- Challenged Valentina Shevchenko for the flyweight championship at UFC 315 in Montreal in May 2025 and lost.
- Returned with a technical knockout win over Jasmine Jasudavicius on 18 October 2025.
- Was ranked fifth in the UFC women’s pound-for-pound rankings as of late March 2026.
- Faces former champion Alexa Grasso at Noche UFC on 12 September 2026 in Glendale, Arizona.
Fight craft
Fiorot’s karate and kickboxing background shows in her distance management and her straight, snapping punches thrown from a bladed stance. She is physically strong for the division and has good takedown defence, which is why her rise was so linear. Shevchenko exposed the gap between very good and championship level: Fiorot could not close distance safely against a superior counter-striker, and her offensive grappling has never been a real threat.
In the modern MMA landscape
Our wider MMA analysis mentions Fiorot only as an opponent in one of Shevchenko’s defences. She rebounded with a stoppage win in October 2025 and has a high-profile bout with Alexa Grasso booked for September 2026, which keeps her the most credible European contender at 125lb.
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Sources
Record and competitive status checked 1 August 2026.
