There was a point in time when Paige VanZant was one of the rising stars in the UFC and MMA as a whole. But in 2020, she chose to leave mixed martial arts to sign a lucrative contract with Bare Knuckle FC.
“12 Gauge” also earns money from her fansite, which she says pays more than both her BKFC and UFC contracts combined. And given her current financial state, the 27-year-old feels she’s now set for life.
“I could retire tomorrow and be financially free, and my kids would be pretty close to being financially free,” VanZant said recently on MMAFighting.