UFC women’s straw weight Paige Vanzant could
not be the member of "The Ultimate Fighter: 20" who was inaugural
women’s 115 pound champion because of her age. The 20 year old fighter was not
able to take part in the “A Champion Will Be Crowned” season because alcohol received
from the fighter house.
Paige won her promotional debut at
UFC Fight Night 57 against Kailin Curran on Saturday. She filled her eyes
with tears after TKO win. She won fight of the night honors with $50,000 bonus.
“Going into it, I always get
nervous before I perform,” said VanZant. “I’m completely in awe still. I’m in shock,”
she added.
When I started training to fight, it
was more out of boredom than anything,' who has earned the nickname 12 Gauge in
the fighting world. 'I was looking for more things to do. I started with
boxing, and my coaches told me I had a lot of potential, and that I should
consider making it a career. I was like, "Whatever."
“I was just 15 at the time, and I
never imagined something like that. When I turned 18, they asked if I would
take a fight and I said, ‘Yeah.’ I won it and all of the sudden, there was all
this interest and all these opportunities. I had just one amateur fight, and
then my coach got a call for a pro fight for me. I thought about it and said,
‘If I’d fight anyway, I might as well get paid for it.’”
'I definitely think I proved
myself in this fight that I didn't need to be on The Ultimate Fighter to make a
name for myself,' she said in a press statement.
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