Paige VanZant
On Hubby’s 1st UFC win
… Sweeter Than My Victories!
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Paige VanZant was a star within the UFC, however she says her MMA-fighter husband’s debut win with the promotion was sweeter than any second she had within the Octagon!
TMZ Sports activities talked to VanZant about hubby Austin Vanderford‘s UFC Combat Evening 252 win towards Nikolay Veretennikov by second-round TKO … a struggle AV took on lower than one week’s discover.
Wifey could not be prouder.
“It almost felt more special than any of my wins. Just seeing him in that moment. He’s my best friend. Seeing him finally make the walk was incredible,” PVZ advised us.
Dana White‘s promotion signed the then 34-year-old, 12-2 fighter (Austin’s now 13-2 as a professional) final week … just some days earlier than the occasion.
The query is, will Vanderford struggle within the UFC once more?
“Oh for sure, yeah. Now that he’s in, he’s in the UFC, it’s just playing that game of who they want him to be matched up with and going from there,” Paige defined.
Austin is not taking any break day, both … he is jumped proper again into coaching, serving to VanZant prepare for her large PowerSlap match in early March.
“We got home from the fight and I’m preparing for PowerSlap, and he’s been training with me for this entire week, and all the coaches are like, ‘Hey, you need to take a few days off,'” Paige stated.
“But he’s like, ‘No, if I get another short notice [fight] I gotta be ready at any second.'”
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Within the meantime, Paige, 1-0-1 in Slap, is simply days away from her contest with 1-0 Mikael-Michelle Brown, happening on March 7 at PowerSlap12 in Sin Metropolis … on the Quinones vs. Bordeaux 2 card.
Try the clip … 12 Guage is able to roll!
