Manon Fiorot Record, stats and next fight

Background

Born on February 17, 1990, in Nice, Manon Fiorot started karate at age 7. She later attended a sports boarding school focused on board sports and became a French snowboarding champion during her school years. At 18, she returned to karate, earned her black belt and joined the French national team. Selected for the 2014 world championships, she suffered a serious injury, then turned to kickboxing and muay thai, a discipline in which she went 12 wins without a loss as an amateur and won two national titles. She also holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Her move to mixed martial arts dates back to the mid-2010s. In 2016, she traveled to Las Vegas for the amateur world championships and lost her first fight. Back in Nice, she met coach Aldric Cassata. In 2017, she lost in the final of the amateur European championships, then a few months later won the IMMAF amateur world title. Her first professional fight took place in June 2018 at Cage Warriors against Leah McCourt and ended in a loss. She then won the EFC flyweight belt in December 2019, after appearing on the reality show The Fighter in South Africa, followed by the UAE Warriors belt in November 2020, becoming the first woman to hold a title in that organization.

UFC Career

Fiorot debuted in the UFC on January 20, 2021, against Victoria Leonardo, whom she beat by TKO. Wins followed over Tabatha Ricci by TKO, then Mayra Bueno Silva, Jennifer Maia and Katlyn Chookagian, all by decision. On September 2, 2023, in Paris, she beat former champion Rose Namajunas by unanimous decision in front of her home crowd. On March 30, 2024, she dominated Erin Blanchfield in a headliner in Atlantic City. Those seven straight wins made her the No. 1 contender in April 2024.

On May 10, 2025, in Montreal, at UFC 315, she faced Valentina Shevchenko for the UFC women’s flyweight title and lost by unanimous decision after five rounds. She returned on October 18, 2025, in Vancouver and beat Jasmine Jasudavicius by TKO in 1:14. On September 12, 2026, in Glendale, she lost by unanimous decision to Alexa Grasso.

Fighting Style

Karate remains Fiorot’s foundation: a bladed stance, control of long range and quick entries off the lead leg. Muay thai gives her knees and elbows in close quarters, along with clinch work against the cage. She moves forward while striking and readily goes the distance rather than chasing an early finish, as her record shows: 7 of her 13 wins by KO or TKO, 6 by decision, none by submission. Her takedown defense and her volume of significant strikes rank among the best marks in the division.