If the skills explained by her coach come to fruition, Manon Fiorot is going to give Erin Blanchfield fits on Saturday.
and riding a six-fight win streak in the organization itself, French striking ace Fiorot hired an important reinforcement for the camp to face Blanchfield on Saturday in Atlantic City, New Jersey: Brazilian luta-livre and jiu-jitsu black belt. Living in France since 2002, Santiago joined up with the burgeoning flyweight in December. He spoke to Sherdog ahead of her headlining appearance at UFC on ESPN 54, where he explained how training has fared thus far.
The coach revealed that he was not just teaching her instructions from afar. Roughly her size, Fiorot trained one-on-one with the Brazilian.Santiago continued, “Manon’s karate guard is like hell, it’s really hard to shorten distance. Also we worked a lot on cage defense. What I can say is that Erin will have a hard time taking her down. Even if she succeeds, she will not be able to keep Manon down.
According to the coach, MMA has grown significantly in popularity in France in the last two years, and the fans are already eager for the UFC card scheduled at the Accor Arena in Paris. Should Fiorot prevail, schedules might line up for her next outing at this venue on Sept. 28, providing she has a willing dance partner.
“I’m really impressed how popular MMA is in France today. When I arrived here 22 years ago, there were few jiu-jitsu and MMA academies. Today it’s like juice stores in Brazil, you can find everywhere.is like a national idol. most important sports programs are talking about UFC and I will not be surprised if soon it will be disputing with soccer title of most popular national sport,” Santiago concluded.UFC on ESPN 53 ‘Ribas vs.
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