A photogenic personality paired with an aggressive crowd-pleasing style has made Paige VanZant one of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s most marketable young stars and an easy target for too-much-too-soon critics.
VanZant will put a four-fight winning streak on the line opposite Rose Namajunas in the UFC Fight Night “Namajunas vs. VanZant” main event on Thursday at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. Their clash carries with it significant implications inside the women’s strawweight division, which continues to take shape behind unbeaten champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk.
Operating out of the Team Alpha Male camp in Sacramento, Calif.