Paige VanZant News

Tom Taylor - December 18, 2016

Last night, in the main event of UFC on Fox 22, strawweight prospect Paige VanZant had her rise halted by a first-round submission loss to former Invicta atomweight champ Michelle Waterson. Shortly after this lopsided loss, the fan favorite spoke with the media about the fight. “I got caught,” VanZant said of her submission loss to Waterson. “I’m not gonna overthink it. I need to work on my jiu-jitsu and that’s it.”

bjpenndotcom - December 17, 2016

Saturday night in the main event of ‘UFC Fight Night: Sacramento’ women’s strawweight prospects Paige VanZant and Michelle Waterson stepped into the Octagon for a highly anticipated showdown which likely would see the winner catapulted into the top 5 of the women’s strawweight division. While VanZant came out of the gate looking extremely quick, Waterson managed to land a throw from the clinch and ultimately submit VanZant in the very first round with a rear-naked choke. The win marked the second of Waterson’s UFC career, and also marked a successful return to the Octagon following a seventeen month layoff.

Tom Taylor - December 13, 2016

The next two UFC cards will be headlined by two of the biggest names in women’s MMA. The first, which will go down this Saturday and air on Fox, will see strawweight superstar Paige VanZant take on a stark test in “The Karate Hottie” Michelle Waterson. The second, which will occur the following weekend and air on pay-per-view, will see MMA icon Ronda Rousey return from more than a year on the shelf to a bantamweight title fight with reigning champ Amanda Nunes.

Tom Taylor - November 1, 2016

  OK OK I did it! When I was in my hotel room in Sacramento, I didn’t have time to workout so I did a quick workout in my room. I warmed up with that Juju beat. You can really break a sweat doing these dances 😅😅😅 #dontlaughatmyfacialexpressions #jujuonthatbeat #ufcsacramento I’ll be uploading the vlog about my time in Sacramento this week! Keep an eye out for it!

Chris Taylor - September 25, 2016

UFC strawweight Paige VanZant is quickly becoming one of the promotions most recognizable stars. The 22-year-old has gone 4-1 while fighting under the UFC banner, most recently scoring a highlight reel knockout (flying switch kick) victory over Bec Rawlings at UFC on FOX 21 last month in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Russell Ess - September 12, 2016

There is a lot of speculation on what will come next as far as fighting goes for Phil Brooks, who is better known by his WWE name, CM Punk.

Tom Taylor - September 6, 2016

In late August, the UFC returned to beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada with UFC on Fox 21. On that event’s main card, fan favorite strawweight Paige VanZant returned to the cage after a stint on Dancing with the Stars to remove the batteries from Bec Rawlings with a second-round head-kick. Needless to say, it was a great night to be VanZant. It was not such a great night to be Rawlings, who made the long flight home to Australia with an ugly new loss on her record – and probably a concussion.

bjpenndotcom - August 31, 2016

Earlier this year, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate made an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience where she opened up on an altercation that occurred between Ronda Rousey and Paige VanZant.

Russell Ess - August 29, 2016

Rising UFC star Paige VanZant’s stock continued its rise with her highlight reel knockout over Bec Rawlings at UFC on FOX 21 over the weekend. VanZant talked with Ariel Helwani on Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour following her big win and discussed the potential of doing more work outside of the Octagon and the future of fighter pay.

Russell Ess - August 29, 2016

Rising UFC star Paige VanZant put on a great showing in her fight against Bec Rawlings at UFC on FOX 21 over the weekend. The former “Dancing with the Stars” finalist made a highlight reel KO with Rawlings and spoke with Ariel Helwani on Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour.

Chris Taylor - August 28, 2016

UFC strawweight star Paige VanZant scored a highlight reel knockout win over Bec Rawlings at last night’s UFC on FOX 21 event in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Following the impressive victory, which earned Paige a $50k performance bonus, multiple UFC strawweight competitors took to social media to express their interest in fighting VanZant:

Chris Taylor - August 28, 2016

UFC strawweight Paige VanZant scored a beautiful second-round KO victory over Bec Rawlings on the main card of last night’s UFC on FOX 21 event in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. “PVZ” was able to land a switch kick to the head of Bec, which sent Rawlings crashing to the canvas.

Chris Taylor - August 13, 2016

UFC strawweight star Paige VanZant will return to the octagon later this month at UFC on FOX 21 in Vancouver, Canada, when she squares off with Bec Rawlings. “12 Gauge” recently took to Instagram to post these stunning photos of herself posing in a bikini while on a surf board. Your welcome.

bjpenndotcom - July 13, 2016

Leading up to UFC 200, UFC women’s strawweight Paige VanZant went undercover at the UFC Fan Expo as a reporter for Reebok to interview unsuspecting fans.

Chris Taylor - July 3, 2016

UFC strawweight Paige VanZant is one of the divisions toughest competitors. She has a never ending gas tank and is willing to take a punch so that she can give one inside of the octagon. The former Dancing with the Stars competitor spent most of the 4th of July weekend in a bikini, much to joy of her followers on social media:

bjpenndotcom - June 23, 2016

Top ranked UFC women’s strawweight Paige VanZant announced Thursday morning on SportsCenter that she would be returning to the Octagon in August to fight Bec Rawlings. Prior to that however, VanZant was offered an opportunity to do an appearance in the ring at a WWE event. In addition, VanZant was offered an opportunity to appear in the remake of ‘Kickboxer’ however she declined both opportunities in order to focus on Bec Rawlings.

bjpenndotcom - June 23, 2016

Good news for top ranked UFC women’s strawweight Paige VanZant! It appears as though ’12 Gauge’ will get her wish, and will be making her Octagon return sooner rather than later. Following her appearance on season 22 of ABC’s ‘Dancing With The Stars’ VanZant expressed her desire to return to the Octagon soon given that she took so much time off to film the show following her submission loss to Rose Namajunas.

Russell Ess - June 17, 2016

UFC strawweight Paige VanZant is fresh off the dancefloor after nearly winning the most recent season of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” VanZant, who says she is currently in the works of getting an opponent for her next fight in the UFC has taken a vacation before she gets into fight camp.