Paige VanZant News

bjpenndotcom - March 14, 2017

To close out 2016, Paige VanZant looked to capitalize on her August 2016 win over Bec Rawlings as she stepped into the Octagon with ‘The Karate Hottie’ Michelle Waterson for a highly anticipated UFC Sacramento main event showdown. While many expected Waterson to look to use her elite level striking to pick VanZant apart, while looking for the finish, Waterson instead opted to take the fight to the ground and finish VanZant with a rear-naked choke in the first round to cement her place at the top of the UFC’s women’s strawweight division.

Tom Taylor - February 5, 2017

On Saturday night, the UFC touched down in Houston, Texas with UFC Fight Night 104. In the co-main event of this exciting card, 23-year-old strawweight prospect Alexa Grasso took on veteran Felice Herrig. From the early vantage point, Grasso was widely expected to blow through her experienced foe – as evidenced by her status as a 3-1 betting favorite. In the end, however, Herrig pulled off the upset with a nice unanimous decision win.

Russell Ess - December 21, 2016

Team Alpha Male’s Paige VanZant had to deal with the sting of defeat for the third time in her professional mixed martial arts career.

Tom Taylor - December 20, 2016

Last weekend, the UFC touched down in Sacramento, California with UFC on Fox 22. In the card’s main event, 22-year-old strawweight prospect Paige VanZant had the opportunity to score a huge win in front of her adopted hometown as she took on former Invicta atomweight champion Michelle Waterson. Regrettably for VanZant and her fans in attendance, she was quickly put to sleep by a Waterson rear-naked choke, coming up short for the third time in three fights.

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!

Tom Taylor - October 12, 2016

Good news, fight fans! Fan favorite strawweight “12 Gauge” Paige VanZant (7-2) is poised for a return to action. The 22-year-old will be taking on former Invicta atomweight champ Michelle Waterson (13-4) in the main event of UFC on Fox 22. The card will emanate from Sacramento, California on December 17.

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.

bjpenndotcom - August 30, 2016

On the main card of UFC on FOX 21, Paige VanZant left MMA fans stunned as she became the first woman in the UFC to knock out Bec Rawlings.

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 28, 2016

UFC strawweight star Paige VanZant scored a beautiful second-round KO victory over Bec Rawlings at last night’s UFC on FOX 21 event in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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: