Valentina Shevchenko responds to Manon Fiorot's UFC title call with retirement stipulation
UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko issued a retirement challenge in response to Manon Fiorot’s recent call for a title fight. She also added a snarky dig.
Friday, Fiorot (12-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) expressed her frustration with waiting for a title shot in a message to the champ Shevchenko (24-4-1 MMA, 13-3-1 UFC).
“@BulletValentina stop making people wait!” Fiorot wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “Let’s do it soon enough so I can send you to retirement and move on.”
The champ didn’t take long to reply, and she stuck with the retirement theme by challenging Fiorot to put her career on the line when they meet in the octagon.
“You lose – you retire Deal?!!” Shevchenko wrote on X.
The retirement stipulation for the fight was a strong enough challenge, but Shevchenko added a snarky remark to punctuate her reply, calling Fiorot an “ill-mannered first-grader.”
https://twitter.com/BulletValentina/status/1855029852031893511
Shevchenko recognizes Fiorot is likely her next challenger after defeating Alexa Grasso at UFC 306 to reclaim the women’s flyweight title. Fiorot, who is undefeated through seven UFC bouts, weighed in as the backup for that fight.
The UFC has not officially announced plans for Shevchenko or Fiorot’s next bout.