November 8, 2024 10:14 pm ET
UFC girls’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko issued a retirement problem in response to Manon Fiorot’s current name for a title struggle. She additionally added a snarky dig.
Friday, Fiorot (12-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) expressed her frustration with ready for a title shot in a message to the champ Shevchenko (24-4-1 MMA, 13-3-1 UFC).
“@BulletValentina cease making folks wait!” Fiorot wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “Let’s do it quickly sufficient so I can ship you to retirement and transfer on.”
The champ didn’t take lengthy to answer, and she or he caught with the retirement theme by difficult Fiorot to place her profession on the road after they meet within the octagon.
“You lose – you retire Deal?!!” Shevchenko wrote on X. The retirement stipulation for the struggle was a robust sufficient problem, however Shevchenko added a snarky comment to punctuate her reply, calling Fiorot an “ill-mannered first-grader.”
https://twitter.com/BulletValentina/status/1855029852031893511
Shevchenko acknowledges Fiorot is probably going her subsequent challenger after defeating Alexa Grasso at UFC 306 to reclaim the women’s flyweight title. Fiorot, who’s undefeated by seven UFC bouts, weighed in because the backup for that struggle.
The UFC has not formally introduced plans for Shevchenko or Fiorot’s subsequent bout.
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