UFC 306’s co-main occasion has its official contingency plan.
Prime flyweight contender Manon Fiorot is about to function the backup fighter for the trilogy bout between UFC girls’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso and former champ Valentina Shevchenko, which takes place Sept. 14 on the Sphere in Las Vegas. Sources near the scenario confirmed the information to MMA Combating’s Damon Martin on Friday.
Fiorot’s coach Aldric Cassata beforehand advised Boxemag.com of Fiorot’s alternative however the transfer is now official.
Fiorot, 34, is MMA Combating’s No. 3 ranked feminine flyweight on the planet and No. 4 ranked girls’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 break up draw on the inaugural Noche UFC present.
Grasso and Shevchenko subsequently coached reverse each other on the latest season of The Final Fighter 32, which decides its winners this Saturday at UFC Vegas 96.
