She has the rage to win. Niçoise Manon Fiorot hopes to dominate Katlyn Chookagian this Saturday in Abu Dhabi. The fight will take place at 8 p.m., opening the main card of UFC 280.”For me, it’s a bit like a semi-final“confided the MMA fighter to Agence France-Presse.
Limitless ambition
“If I have a good fight, I will ask to fight for the belt in the next fight” she continues. “It’s true that I didn’t expect it to go so fast but during my previous fight, I faced a girl from the top 5 (Brazilian Jennifer Maia, editor’s note) and I saw that I I had the level since I won. So we have to move forward. The goal is the belt.”_
The one who is nicknamed “The Beast” trains in the gym Boxing Squad
, in Nice. At 32, Manon Fiorot has not done MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) all her life. The Niçoise was… French snowboarding champion. “Snowboarding was not planned in my course. I did it because I found myself in a college where there was a sports-study program. But as soon as I finished my studies, I returned first to karate then I moved on to kickboxing, muay thai and I discovered MMA a little later.”
MMA, too violent?
Mixture of several combat sports, MMA has only been legal in France since January 2020, but was already practiced by many. Sport fascinates, attracts crowds. And tries to reassure on its image, sometimes violent. “I don’t like the word violent“smiles Nice’s Sofiane Boukichou, guest on Friday morning on France Bleu Azur. Himself an MMA fighter, he explains for example that the cage in which the fighters are in fact serves to protect them. His interview can be found below .
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