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Five Reasons Paige VanZant Beats Rose Namajunas

5) Youthful Innocence

There’s something about a young fighter in the octagon that just exudes confidence. Perhaps it’s that the glass hasn’t been shattered yet. For some reason though, it is really difficult to be the one to shatter that glass. Paige has a lot of confidence when she steps into the cage, some of this being due to her youthful innocence, and that’s an intangible that makes many hard to beat.

4) Hype Machine

Some consider the hype people have behind them as pressure. However, many fighters rise to the occasion when there is constant talk about how great they are going to be.