The first Frenchman to hang an undisputed UFC belt around his waist could well be… a Frenchwoman. Manon Fiorot is the one closest to the Holy Grail of fighting. There is already an achievement that no one will ever take away from her: she is for eternity the first French woman to have won a fight in the most prestigious MMA league.
Was her trainer, Aldric Cassata, seeing that far when he agreed to bring her into his stable in 2017? That day, I fell in love immediately. Manon Fiorot presented herself in her room, in Nice, after her failure at the amateur MMA world championships.
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After a few minutes on the mat, I had already seen his physical potential and his determination
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he remembers. What followed was a defeat in the final of the European Championships, then a victory in the World Championships. It was time to turn professional.
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