When Paige VanZant finished the final fight on her UFC contract, she was excited to test free agency really for the first time in her career.
VanZant inked her first UFC deal when she was just 19 years old, so she was never really offered the opportunity to test the free market to find out her true value in combat sports. Barely a month after her most recent fight, she shocked the world when making the decision to sign an exclusive contract with upstart promotion Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship where she will put her MMA gloves aside and compete in one of the fastest growing yet brutal competitions in the world.