Ex-UFC fighter Paige VanZant is discovering her groove as a part of a brand new slap-fighting profession together with her newest win coming at Energy Slap 12 on Friday.
After going to a attract her earlier bout because of a foul dedicated, the 30-year-old veteran returned to a extra pure weight class at 125 kilos and she or he used a brand new hanging hand going from her left to proper. Whereas that didn’t lead to a knockout, VanZant nonetheless scored a lopsided resolution win over Mikael-Michelle Brown with all three scorecards studying 30-27 in her favor.
Following her newest win, VanZant known as for Energy Slap creator Dana White to introduce some ladies’s titles with hopes that she’ll get the primary crack in her subsequent look.
“It feels unbelievable,” VanZant stated in regards to the win. “The win feels good. I switched to my proper hand, I believe I’m going to return to my left. My left is extra highly effective. I’m going to return to the left for the following one.
“Hey Dana, the place’s that [125-pound] belt, child? Put me on the following card. Let’s get some ladies’s belts. We’re right here to remain. We’re right here to knock bitches out and slap individuals all day.”
As a result of slap-fighting isn’t a precise science, VanZant finally gained by delivering the extra highly effective blows, though neither competitor dropped from the strikes landed.
VanZant undoubtedly linked with the stiffer photographs, though as she famous in her post-fight interview, it looks like she wasn’t scoring with as a lot energy together with her proper hand. Nonetheless, VanZant was aiming and firing with higher accuracy and energy whereas Brown was struggling to actually join with any of her photographs.
That was sufficient for VanZant to get the job achieved and earn the victory as she strikes to 2-0-1 in her Energy Slap profession.
With alternatives in Energy Slap, BKFC, and lately signing with GFL, VanZant has lots to maintain her busy as of late to not point out her husband Austin Vanderford lately signing with the UFC and choosing up a short-notice win in his debut at UFC Seattle.
