Overview
- France’s No. 2 Manon Fiorot meets Canada’s No. 5 Jasmine Jasudavicius on the UFC Fight Night main card at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on October 18, with the main card slated for 7 p.m. ET.
- Both fighters and outlets frame the bout as influential for the division’s pecking order, potentially strengthening the winner’s claim to a future title shot.
- Fiorot returns from her first professional defeat to champion Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 315 and says she made targeted “adjustments” after moving portions of her camp to Tristar Gym under Firas Zahabi.
- Jasudavicius rides a five-fight winning streak to 14-3 and is coming off a first-round rear-naked choke of former champion Jéssica Andrade, with another Canadian outing boosting her home support.
- The matchup pits Fiorot’s high-output striking and 87.5% takedown defense against Jasudavicius’s grappling and BJJ black belt credentials, with DraftKings listing Fiorot as a -230 favorite to Jasudavicius at +190.