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.

- BY GARY HITCHCOCK

The Birmingham-based 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 on the judges' scorecards.

Despite her growing reputation in the UFC, Romania's Ardelean (right) 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.