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I think the reason why people have trouble fighting me is because I don't come from a specific background, and they can't prepare to fight me. I come in, and I push the pace, and I think that pushes a lot of people off their game, as much as I push the pace through the whole fight.
Paige VanZant -
I like ground and pound; I don't know if it is like a technique or discipline. I like to be on the ground, but I don't necessarily go for submissions or anything.
Paige VanZant
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I try to eat healthy for the most part. When I cut weight, I cut pretty much everything out. I don't have protein when I cut weight other than what I might get from something like chicken breast. So I don't eat any extra protein, just because I'm trying to get the weight off. That's the only real diet I have.
Paige VanZant -
I don't go into a fight mad. I go into a fight like it's my birthday. I love what I'm doing.
Paige VanZant -
After I won my first amateur fight, I figured I would do fighting on the side while I was going to school. I got an offer after that amateur fight to take a professional fight. The opponent kind of wanted to have an easy win for her pro debt, and they said they'd pay me $1,500. I was like, 'Yeah, might as well get paid for what I was doing.'
Paige VanZant -
If I wasn't a fighter, I wouldn't be unique.
Paige VanZant -
'Dancing with the Stars' was a really great experience. People were definitely surprised that I'm a fighter, or they couldn't believe I'm a professional fighter, but I feel like I'm going to get that for a while. I'm excited to bring a new demographic over to MMA and the UFC.
Paige VanZant -
I have so many other talents other than fighting, and I would love to be able to show those off. I would like to say, 'Yes, I'm a fighter, and I'm this,' or, 'Yes I'm a fighter, but I'm also this.'
Paige VanZant
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Sometimes the media twists your words, and they say things to get a headline, and it's not necessarily what came out of your mouth, and they take things out of context 90 percent of the time. But I guess - any publicity is good publicity, I guess.
Paige VanZant -
I needed something to challenge myself a little more. I found fighting, and it completely fit my personality.
Paige VanZant -
I would love to go do movies; I would love to kind of delve into other things. I did do acting and modeling before, when I was a kid, so it would be nice to use those things.
Paige VanZant -
Winning my first UFC fight by a finish, I've never felt so accomplished in my life.
Paige VanZant -
You can't go into the cage and not love it, and you can't go in there unprepared. You have to prepare.
Paige VanZant -
I like the wrestling and executing the throws. My dad was a wrestler and he showed me some of those techniques, too.
Paige VanZant