UFC star Paige VanZant and her husband, Dana White’s Contender Series veteran, Austin Vanderford, heard about the announcement of Chael Sonnen’s Submission Underground Paige stepped forward to nominate them both to participate.
“I was one of the instigators who communicated with Chael because initially Austin and I were going to do a tag team event where we did Jiu Jitsu together against another couple, but I went and broke my arm again,” VanZant said.
The recurring arm injury for VanZant slammed the door closed on a SUG 8 couples jiu-jitsu event but seemed to open another door for Vanderford.