EXCLUSIVE: A mixed martial artist trolled for selling titillating pictures to fund training camps has had the last laugh – after getting a UFC call up following an impressive winning streak
An MMA fighter trolled for making fortunes outside of the cage has achieved her dream – after being called up to the UFC.
Alice Ardelean, 32, earned huge sums of money as a model and social media star after fans lauded her for having the ‘roundest and biggest bum in MMA’.
But despite entertaining three million followers on TikTok, away from the screen Alice has spent years dedicating her life to fighting.
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The Romanian, who is based in Birmingham, has won her last seven fights in a row but her next bout will be for the biggest promotion in the world – the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
And speaking exclusively to us after training, she said: “This fight came like a blessing into my life. I know it’s two weeks notice and it doesn’t even give me enough time to process the idea.
“But I’m ready. I have been training hard for the last couple of months and the fact the fight is going to be in Manchester is just amazing. I couldn’t ask for a better opportunity. I’ve got a new team and absolutely everything has changed and I’m happy and ready to fight.”
Alice will get her coveted UFC shot against Irish woman Shauna Bannon at UFC 304 on July 27 at the Co-op LIve in Manchester.
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After the news was announced, one unimpressed fan wrote online: “Probably the worst signing ever and I’m not joking. Ardelean isn’t a fighter, she’s a TikTok star.”
But Alice, who trains out of Team Fearless MMA in Birmingham, has nine professional wins to her name and has spent years honing her martial arts skills.
She started doing MMA 13 years ago after she was bullied for being chubby – and she told us she was once scared that ‘aggressive’ men were going to hurt her.
Alice said learning to fight changed her life before she turned to OnlyFans as a way to help pay for her training after previously pocketing £700 a month in security.
In a previous interview, she explained just how the racy side gig and social media success allowed her to follow her real passion.
She said: “OnlyFans is a blessing because to be completely honest I would never be able to pay for anything basically, my training, trainers, nutritionists, anything.
“And even time, I wouldn't have time to train that much if I wouldn’t have OnlyFans. I am telling you it is a blessing and I am so grateful. I am still hustling at it and I am making around $40,000 (£31,000) a month.”
And asked why she was still competing in one of the world’s toughest sports after already banking a fortune, she explained: “It was MMA before OnlyFans.
“It was a blessing that came into my life when I really needed it and I am doing it so I can train. I can’t give up the training because that’s why I started OnlyFans, it is like work from home, pictures, responding to people, it can be in my extra time.
“It is annoying when it is so cold and rainy outside and I am waking up every morning for my first session but I have been doing this for the past 10 years. I am still going with MMA because that was first and I am doing this so I can afford MMA.”
She concluded that interview by saying she did not want to hang up her gloves until she had fought for the UFC – and later this month she will do just that.
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