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U.S.A. TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, April 2: Manon Fiorot climbs up better to leading
Following UFC on ESPN 54, the USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings needed upgrading.
Making her case for a title battle even more powerful, Manon Fiorot locked out Erin Blanchfield in the UFC on ESPN 54 centerpiece in front of a sold-out crowd at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. It was a dominant efficiency for Fiorot, who kept her UFC unbeaten record alive, while handing Blanchfield her very first loss in the promo. Getting in the week at No. 5 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie females’s flyweight rankings, Fiorot leaps 2 areas to declare No. 3.
Making a splash this week is Joaquin Buckley, who gets in the welterweight rankings after stopping Vicente Luque with heavy ground and pound. Buckley has actually won 3 directly because falling from middleweight, and settles in at the No. 14 area, while Luque is up to the respectable discusses.
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