SACRAMENTO -- If Paige VanZant had the option of fighting at 125 pounds instead of 115, she’d take it.
VanZant will meet Michelle Waterson in the strawweight main event of UFC on FOX 23 on Saturday night at the Golden 1 Center, at a time when women’s weight classes are front and center in the news.
The UFC announced earlier this week that Holly Holm would meet Germaine de Randamie at UFC 208 to determine the first UFC women’s 145-pound champion.
But VanZant feels the company should have gone to flyweight first, especially given that the fighter universally acknowledged as the best at 145, Cris “Cyborg” Justino, isn’t involved in the featherweight fight.