Competitive in title defeat Fiorot came up short in her quest for the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship on Saturday, falling to Valentina Shevchenko via unanimous decision (47-48, 47-48, 47-48) at UFC 315 in... Impact Fiorot more than proved herself capable of competing against the best in the world and the fact she has a legitimate claim for victory is absolutely amazing considering how poorly the evening began for her. Manon spent the first round serving as a punching bag for the champion. She had her nose busted with a huge shot and appeared completely out of sorts. Yet she slowly found her footing on the strength of a ton of control time along the fence. Fiorot simply rushed in over and over and pinned Valentina to the wall. Ultimately, however, all three judges simply felt there weren't enough big offensive moments from the Fiorot side to win a decision. Manon had won each of her first seven UFC bouts entering the evening. Based on ability alone, Fiorot has another chance to get to this level once again. The main thing working against her is the fact she just turned 35 years old in February.
MAY 11 • ROTOWIRE