Paige VanZant Biography

Paige Michelle VanZant is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Women's Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2012 VanZant was a fighter in Invicta FC before moving over to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. She is currently ranked #8 in the UFC Strawweight division. After VanZant's family moved to Sparks Nevada VanZant was looking for a dance studio when came across UFC veteran Ken Shamrock's gym where she began training in boxing and other martial arts. After winning an amateur fight at age 18 VanZant made her professional mixed martial arts debut on June 30 2012 at UWF's Tournament of Warriors finale against Jordan Nicole Gaza in Corpus Christi Texas winning by split decision. On September 22 2012 she faced Amber Stautzenberger at Premier Fight Series 2 and won via unanimous decision. In December 2013 VanZant was announced as one of 11 women signed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) for its newly created Strawweight division. It was also announced that she would compete as a cast member on The Ultimate Fighter (UFC) a television reality series as part of a tournament to crown the inaugural strawweight champion. However on March 31 2014 VanZant was turned away from the reality series because she was only 20 years old and the minimum age to compete on it is 21 due to the presence of alcohol in the house.

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