NEW YORK — Rachael Ostovich took a fight against Paige VanZant and — through unfortunate circumstance and a coincidence in booking — ended up tied at the hip with polarizing NFL-player-turned-UFC-heavyweight Greg Hardy. It’s been a completely strange and harrowing lead-up for the Hawaiian flyweight, who has dealt with more than anybody should ever have to in a fight camp.
In November, she was allegedly assaulted by her husband, Arnold Berdon, and suffered multiple injuries — the most severe of which being a cracked orbital bone, which nearly knocked her out of the fight.