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Paige VanZant made a name for her as a star in the UFC.
But it’s very possible that the 29-year-old never has another fight in her life.
VanZant left for BKFC following her time with the UFC and went 0-2 in the bare knuckle fighting promotion.
She’s since turned to modeling and social media influencing and has immense success, as evidenced by her over 3.2 million followers on Instagram.
BKFC President Dave Feldman believes she’ll return to fighting one day.
“I actually questioned that myself, but she had a conversation with a couple of the guys on the team and I don’t think that she’s moved on,” BKFC President Dave Feldman recently told MMA Fighting. “I think she wants one more crack at it. I know that I want to give her one more crack at it, so I think we’re going to have at least one more run there.”
Feldman said that despite VanZant’s 0-2 record, she’s always a tough out.
“Paige, she always comes to fight,” Feldman said. “Some people want to say, ‘She lost twice.’ She lost two close fights. She came to fight both times. She challenged herself both times. She doesn’t have to fight a day in her life ever again and she’s going to live a superstar life. She wants to challenge herself again.
“I take my hat off to her. Whatever she’s doing outside the ring, that’s on her own and let her do whatever she’s doing to make that kind of money she’s making, but as far as being a fighter, she keeps wanting to challenge herself and how can you not respect that.”
But VanZant could very well determine that she doesn’t need to. She regularly goes viral on social media and did so yet again on Sunday night.
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This time, she showed off her summer bod while sweating it out in a sauna. The post garnered over 50,000 likes and nearly 400 comments in just 12 hours.
VanZant could well fight again. She could well not. But it’s clearly she’s got plenty of good options.