Manon Fiorot, a winner of 13 professional bouts, meets former champion Alexa Grasso in a collision of the flyweight division's second and third-ranked contenders. Staged at the Desert Diamond Arena under the Noche UFC banner, the fight should finally settle who owns the road to the championship belt. Uncertainty still surrounds the exact status of the title after Valentina Shevchenko's injury, yet the bookmakers are in little doubt: the French fighter is the clear favourite, with the Mexican's chances priced comparatively modestly.
"I think it's a fight that has to be," Grasso said, fresh from a first-round knockout of Maycee Barber. Fiorot concedes nothing either — the French karate specialist stopped Jasmine Jasudavicius by technical knockout, also inside the opening round. Thirteen career wins have hardened her claim as the leading contender in the title race.
