ESPN MMA’s Brett Okamoto interviews UFC women’s flyweight contender Manon Fiorot about her recent win vs. Rose Namajunas …
what’s up guys Brett okamoto from ESPN joined by UFC flyweight Manon fjor and her translator who’s helping us out today and Drake here to talk about the 125 pound Division and first off before I ask you any questions Mano I want to congratulate you on your Victory against rosenami Eunice in France I was not in France unfortunately to see it in Paris but uh congratulations and after a few weeks how are you feeling about the performance after you’ve had time to reflect on it thank you very much yeah I’m happy with my written fight after injury it was a good fight no no injury for me and I begin training for the next five for sure oh wow uh pretty much right away what about uh what about France do you feel like the country really took notice of you beating a big name like rose Nami Eunice Victoria [Music] yeah so happy I can fight for the first uh you’ve seen friends because of my knee injury but this time I’m very proud to fight against uh someone like rose and happy to show after my injury what I can do what I what I do for this fight and I’m happy to Win It you feel like uh the fan base is getting behind you I mean the uh the atmosphere and this friend at this last French show looked amazing and obviously you know I I hesitate to relate it to anything but I just remember like when Conor McGregor was coming over to Las Vegas and had all of these people traveling over to watch him is that something we could ever see with you like do you think the French fans will travel and watch your fights even when they’re not in France is that something we could see um foreign absolutely I think so after this first fight for me in France um I think there is a lot of new fan base and new uh fan on of my country and uh I’m really proud of it and really happy to to to to think about that on my next slide have you spoke to the OC at all since your since your victory over Rose uh [Music] um for me now for for my person no but I think my man Advanced team talk and speak about my new visa and uh in the next but I I don’t know do you have they given you any indication of what is next for you um for now no but I think I understand Valentina have to do a surgery in this week I think in in Los Angeles so I I’m pretty sure and I I want to to be the next for the type of part because I deserve it and uh for now I I don’t have more about USA but I really think I I deserve this fight what was it like for you watching Alexa Grosso and valentinochenko how did you score the fight what were your thoughts as the fight was playing now um yeah it was a tough fight with two great athletes um I have to watch the the five run because [Music] um for now I’m not shocked about the 10-8 and uh but I think there are two great outlet but really I’m not impressed by by their performance and yeah I want to be the next why are you not impressed a lot of people thought that they looked good A lot of people were very happy with the way that the fight played out or they thought it was entertaining they were saying there was very high levels skilled MMA why are you not impressed um [Music] to be honest I think it was a great pipe it was a lot of fruit but they do some mistakes and I’m better than these two girl ready who do you see as the as the the right Champion do you do you see it as Grosso or do you consider it to be Valentina um the new is Alexa when they were announcing the scorecards and it was going to be a draw what was your what was your first reaction to that and how it might impact you um [Music] yeah to be honest we looked the fight together [Music] Alexa wins inside and I think Valentina did it so yeah for sure it was a close fight but uh it is what it is I guess however you feel if if they do allow Valentina to get surgery and then to heal up and then book this fight down the road I know that you’ve already said that you’d be open to a fight with Aaron blanchfield but I mean you were coming off of a very big high you would just be Rose named Eunice and France like will it be hard to get into a training camp and be like I’m fighting Aaron blanchfield when I really should be fighting for a championship right now foreign [Music] [Music] to be honest there is two things the first one is what UFC wants when I I it’s my sixth fight in UFC and me and my team never I say never say no to UFC when they ask for someone we say yes because I I entered UFC for winter everybody the second thing is what I have to do I win against the number one flyweight I win the game was the measurements the school weekend I wish I win against Maya was full when I fight her and I win against Bueno Silvana three invite them with who did it yeah would there be any part of you that would consider saying no that like hey I’ve done enough um I imagine I’ll fight Aaron blanchfield at some point like why don’t we wait until I have the championship to win it is there any part of you would consider saying no and just waiting for a title fight um foreign I do it well I believe you I mean if you’re already back in the gym training for a fight and you don’t have one um it seems like you want to stay active uh when are you hoping that your next fight will take place um beginning of 2024 was perfect for me um the last one and I know that your focus is the belt and whoever has it um but just from a stylistic standpoint which of the three Aaron Valentina and Alexa would you be most excited about and why for example [Music] um [Music] she’s striking but she can she have a good wrestling too so yeah I definitely I think if I perhaps bite Valentina I can I can see my wrestling uh offense and defense and I can show everything my potential awesome thank you guys so much for the time and we’re looking forward to seeing what’s next for you I enjoyed this interview and I enjoy the samurai swords in the background you got you you mess around with those things or are those just for show thank you very much [Applause] [Music]