Manon Fiorot (left) against American Victoria Leonardo, January 20 in Abu Dhabi -
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Manon Fiorot excels in all the sports she undertakes.
The 30-year-old woman from Nice was already a champion in karate, kickboxing and snowboarding.
After two amateur titles, she now wants to win the belt in the UFC championship.
"I realized that I had made a feat when the commentator and athlete Daniel Cormier got into the cage and congratulated me," recalls Manon Foriot.
The Niçoise has just won her first fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the most important MMA (mixed martial arts) fighting league.
Manon Fiorot is the second Frenchwoman to enter this championship, the first to win a fight.
“We did as planned, a knockout.
in the second round.
I came out almost without my opponent touching me.
That was the goal.
With my coach, Aldric Cassata, we wanted to do something impressive.
In fact, this is only the first step ”.
The 30-year-old from Nice has signed for four games and does not intend to stop there.
She develops with a smile: "I want to get in the top 10 of the best and win the belt".
Nicknamed "The Beast"
And she knows a thing or two about belts.
Before winning two in the amateur championship, she started by wearing one in karate.
Discipline in which she was also a champion.
“The experience I have gained in other sports helps me a lot when I am in the cage.
I manage to be sharp, to kick and to withdraw very quickly.
Manon Fiorot excels in other sports: she was a snowboard and kickboxing champion.
She didn't get into MMA - which combines boxing, Thai, wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu - in 2015, because she was "shown videos and it combined all the martial arts that I" liked to develop ”.
Five years later, it is said that she "comes out again with makeup".
In addition to being blessed with impressive dodging and cardio skills, she is also known to "finish her opponents".
She comments: “I am nicknamed 'The beast' because it is something spectacular and quite rare, especially for a woman.
And I think it suits me.
Once in the cage, I am so focused, I forget everything else ”.
The Niçoise knows that she has marked the history of this sport in France, whose federation is still being created, but she remains "focused on the future".
“I'm going to continue for five or six years but this will be my last combat sport, and then maybe I'll get into track and field.
As with other disciplines, my goal is to always go higher ”.
To believe that the champion will end up going to win the stars after the constellation of titles that she already has.
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