The promotional heft for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s latest Fox event was placed firmly behind Paige VanZant. It appears Michelle Waterson deviated from the script.
Waterson put the Team Alpha Male standout to sleep with a first-round rear-naked choke in the UFC on Fox 22 headliner on Saturday at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. The former Invicta Fighting Championships titleholder marked her territory in the women’s strawweight division, as she put together a virtually flawless performance at a most opportune time and took her place in the line forming behind 115-pound champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk.