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Paige VanZant may or may not return to a BKFC ring near you in the near future.
The former UFC star hasn’t completely closed the door on her fight career.
But even if she opts not to fight again, it appears VanZant will have a number of lucrative career options.
“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 has plenty of reason not to return to fighting. She’s since become an internet and Instagram superstar.
VanZant has amassed over 3.2 million followers on her Instagram page. And it’s not hard to see why.
The former fighter went viral on Wednesday with a post showing her in a rather revealing bunny outfit with the caption “it’s brutal out here being a bunny, but someone’s gotta do it.”
The post has over 50,000 likes and nearly 500 comments.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CtNOC5hLfk2/?hl=en
Hours later, VanZant also showed off what appears to be a massive tree house in her backyard. So, y’know, that’s cool too.
Who knows if Paige VanZant ever fights again? But it would be hard to blame her if she chooses not to.