UFC’s Manon Fiorot wants more “experience” before challenging Shevchenko, interested in welcoming Rose Namajunas to flyweight

Manon Fiorot has known as for a combat towards Rose Namajunas earlier than she challenges Valentina Shevchenko for the UFC flyweight championship.

Fiorot defeated Katlyn Chookagian on the UFC 280 occasion this previous October. With the win, she is now the number-one ranked flyweight contender. The French lady has positioned herself subsequent in line for a shot on the flyweight title, with Shevchenko stating this ought to be the following combat. Fiorot, nonetheless, has different concepts.

Throughout a current chat with MMA Junkie, Fiorot expressed how she desires extra expertise earlier than difficult Valentina Shevchenko. She particularly is inquisitive about welcoming Rose Namajunas to the flyweight division.

“For now, I don’t care about my subsequent opponent – I’ll take everybody within the division. I need a important occasion combat to maintain some eyes on me and get some expertise earlier than I combat for the belt.” she mentioned.

“Ready on Valentina shouldn’t be an possibility for me, as a result of I actually need to combat in August. In my thoughts, in my mindset, I say to everybody I’ll beat Valentina. So if I say that, I can win towards anyone within the division. So I don’t care who I combat in August. I don’t know towards who, however I heard two weeks or three weeks in the past that Rose (Namajunas) desires to maneuver as much as the flyweight division. I’m the No. 1 contender, so if she comes, she has to combat me. Then after we are able to see.” she continued.

Namajunas has fought at strawweight for the whole lot of her UFC profession. A two-time UFC strawweight champion, the ‘Thug’ misplaced the belt to Carla Esparza by means of a break up choice this previous Might. Namajunas will return to competitors in a grappling match towards Gillian Robertson on December 30.

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