ARD NUT ALICE IS A FRUITY FIGHTER & LOVES A GAME OF SQUASH TOO!

ALICE ARDELEAN is well known for her fruity online content, having got her big social media break by “squashing a pineapple”, but she insists she remains bananas for MMA first and foremost.

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The Birminghambased straw(berry) weight made it back-to-back wins in the octagon in Las Vegas as she dominated the striking exchanges, utilising a peach of a jab against Mexico's Montserrat Conejo Ruiz to win by unanimous decision.

Despite her growing reputation in the UFC, Romania's Ardelean (inset) still has a bigger profile on social media, building a following of 3.9m fans on TikTok, 692k on Instagram and a lucrative OnlyFans sideline.

But having entered MMA with no grape expectations, Ardelean - who is now 2-2 in the UFC after making her debut last year - is determined to squeeze everything she can from the experience.

She said: “I love fighting. It's not even necessarily about money.