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It has been 791 days since former UFC superstar Paige VanZant has fought competitively.
Since that fight, which came against Rachael Ostovich in Bare Knuckle FC on July 21, 2021, VanZant has turned herself into a social media superstar.
The 29-year-old blonde bombshell has over three million followers on her Instagram account.
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VanZant clearly does not need to return to fighting. But she hasn’t stopped training, either. As evidenced by a recent photo of her working out at American Top Team in Florida.
So is a return to fighting on the horizon?
Former UFC foe Jessica-Rose Clark seems to hope so.
VanZant and Clark fought in January of 2018 with Clark nabbing a unanimous decision victory. Both have since left the promotion. But Clark says she’d love to run it back in a different setting.
“I want to rematch Paige VanZant in boxing and I know she’s spoken a lot about wanting to rematch me,” Clark said on The MMA Hour. “I have zero desire to fight bare knuckle. I’m not interested in fighting bare knuckle, but if I can get her to… [and] I know she’s making so much money off her fan sites and everything that I think she needs… I know I’ve seen that she wants to fight again, and I just think it needs to be the right opportunity for her to be excited about it.
“She has mentioned before wanting to rematch me again because I did beat her in the UFC and I think that that could be the opportunity if we get the right promotion behind it, I think it would be a massive fight, honestly.”
Clark says that she thinks VanZant would be open to the fight as well.
“I think she would want that fight, I want that fight, I want to try my hand in boxing,” she said. “I’ll fight a boxer, but I’d rather fight an MMA girl for my first fight in boxing and then transition to full-time boxing. I think that would be a cool fight to make.”
VanZant has not yet responded to the call out. But should she accept the fight, it’ll no doubt be must-see TV.