{"id":288449,"date":"2023-09-12T13:34:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T13:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=288449"},"modified":"2023-09-12T13:34:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T13:34:25","slug":"mma-champ-laframboise-wont-give-up-ufc-dream-despite-surprise-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/mma-champ-laframboise-wont-give-up-ufc-dream-despite-surprise-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA champ Laframboise won&apos;t give up UFC dream &#8211; despite surprise baby!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>MMA fighter Corinne Laframboise is forced to withdraw from the biggest fight of her life after discovering she is three months PREGNANT&#8230; but she is refusing to close door on UFC dream<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MMA fighter Corinne Laframboise found she was pregnant a week before a fight<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The news meant she had to withdraw from the chance to win a UFC contract<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Now she is focused on her baby &#8211; but could pursue her dream again in the future<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MMA fighter\u00a0Corinne Laframboise insists she will not &#8216;close the door&#8217; on her ambitions to fight in UFC &#8211; even after having to withdraw from the fight of her life after discovering she was pregnant just days before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The current flyweight champion in the UAE Warriors promotion was due to fight Rainn Guerrero in Dana White&#8217;s Contender Series on September 5, with a UFC contract up for grabs for the victor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, after a routine blood test and just six days ahead of the bout, her doctor called to say she was three months pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, having done no sparring training, the baby was completely unharmed by her weeks of preparation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was in the car waiting for my fiance and it was like the entire world stopped &#8211; we didn&#8217;t expect it,&#8217; the 34-year-old told BBC Sport.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/12\/13\/75332345-0-MMA_fighter_Corinne_Laframboise_discovered_she_was_pregnant_just-a-36_1694520789134.jpg\" height=\"793\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>MMA fighter Corinne Laframboise discovered she was pregnant just days before the biggest fight of her life<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/12\/13\/75332673-0-image-a-37_1694520800021.jpg\" height=\"666\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Laframboise had been preparing to fight in Dana White&#8217;s Contender Series for a shot at a UFC contract<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The day after we did the scan to see if there was a baby or a mistake [by the doctor], and there was one baby. We heard the heartbeat, we saw the two arms, two feet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And [now] we know it&#8217;s a girl. And she&#8217;s healthy, no problem.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>You might ask how she did not notice any signs that she was pregnant, but all her intense training and strict diet meant she did not put on any weight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While she is going to focus on her baby for now, she did not rule out a potential future Contender Series fight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/12\/13\/75332675-0-The_UAE_Warriors_flyweight_champion_has_not_ruled_out_going_for_-a-40_1694520897085.jpg\" height=\"599\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The UAE Warriors flyweight champion has not ruled out going for her dream again one day. &#8216;I&#8217;m made to be in the UFC,&#8217; she said<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I cannot tell you right now,&#8217; she said. &#8216;I want to focus on the baby, and what&#8217;s going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In the best-case scenario, maybe I can continue to fight. I know that I&#8217;m made to be in the UFC. I&#8217;m strong enough to be there, I like to finish people in the first and second round, I give a good show, I&#8217;m really marketable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ll just see how it goes with the baby, but I don&#8217;t close the door.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12508929\/MMA-fighter-Corinne-Laframboise-forced-withdraw-biggest-fight-life-discovering-three-months-PREGNANT-refusing-close-door-UFC-dream.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>MMA fighter Corinne Laframboise is forced to withdraw from the biggest fight of her life after discovering she is three months PREGNANT&#8230; but she is <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/mma-champ-laframboise-wont-give-up-ufc-dream-despite-surprise-baby\/\" title=\"MMA champ Laframboise won&amp;apos;t give up UFC dream &#8211; despite surprise baby!\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288448,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MMA champ Laframboise won&amp;apos;t give up UFC dream - despite surprise baby! 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