The public had chosen its side, the judges decided to reward the one opposite.
A few whistles pierced this Sunday evening when the referee of the fight raised the arm of Ernesta Kareckaite rather than that of Laetitia Blot.
Visibly disillusioned, dispossessed of her world belt, the Breton fought for five fierce rounds before seeing the judges decree the first defeat of her career in mixed martial arts, in front of the 2,500 spectators at the Zénith de Paris.
Before becoming the first Frenchwoman to officially fight in a cage in France, Blot had enjoyed numerous successes in judo, wrestling and sambo.
She had exported this success in MMA.
During his first five fights, only one opponent had resisted him: Kareckaite, already.
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A year ago, the two fighters separated in a draw at the Hexagone MMA 2, organized in La Vilette.
The clash had not slowed the progress of the Breton, who had seized the world flyweight belt of the organization during the fifth meeting of Hexagone MMA last October by dominating Mariam Torchinava.
This Sunday, “it was the rhinoceros against the giraffe”, had warned us Blot.
The latter, 1.61m, returned 15 centimeters to the Lithuanian, also undefeated.
"It's a nice mix because it's the one that will put its specificity forward," she added.
Finally, the qualities of the Lithuanian boxer took over the wrestler-judokate.
Headlining this event, the Frenchwoman will have the opportunity to restart the forward movement from her next fight with Hexagone MMA, scheduled for June 3 in Béziers.
