Vanessa Demopoulos was born to be a fighter.
After a strong 5-2 run below the LFA banner, ‘Lil Monster’ made her Octagon debut in 2021 and instantly earned discover from battle followers with wins over Jinh Yu Frey, Kanako Murata, and Emily Ducote. Greater than that, followers turned enamored together with her post-fight celebrations that will usually see her leaping into the arms of per post-fight interviewer.
Demopoulos has been very open about her previous, together with her profitable profession as an unique dancer earlier than making it as a full-time fighter.
Lately, the Columbus, Ohio native provided a bit of extra perception into her previous. Particularly, her schooling, or lack thereof.
I give up going to highschool after ninth grade,” Demopoulos mentioned in a video on Colby Covington’s YouTube channel. “I attempted—I obtained kicked out of 4 faculties in a single calendar yr for combating. Yeah, yeah. So, like, combating turned out to be an ideal profession for me as a result of I obtained kicked out of colleges actually for combating. And now I battle for a residing. So often, individuals who knew me from college are like, ‘Yeah, that is smart.’”
Vanessa Demopoulos returns to the octagon in april
Demopoulos is 5-2 below the UFC banner and has gained two of her final three fights. In her most up-to-date outing, she suffered a first-round submission loss towards Jaqueline Amorim in September.
‘Lil Monster’ can be again in motion on April 5 for a scrap with Talita Alencar at a UFC Combat Evening card inside The APEX. Alencar is 5-1-1 general and break up her first two appearances contained in the Octagon defeating Rayanne Amanda earlier than arising quick towards Stephanie Luciano in August.
