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VanZant jokes Garbrandt dumped her, 'because I knocked him out'

Two of Team Alpha Male's best rising young fighters are no longer an item, but there's no bad blood just a lot of career ambition claims Paige VanZant.

Well for once it's a story about an MMA relationship on the rocks that doesn't include horrific domestic violence allegations to go with it. Paige VanZant spoke to Ariel Helwani recently, in preparation for her upcoming UFC 191 bout with Alex Chambers on Saturday, September 5th. For more complete coverage, check out our UFC 191 Super Group. VanZant talked about her rising public profile, her career path, the straw flawed strawweight rankings, the recent controversy over PED accusations she lobbed at "masculine" fighters in her divisions, and her on-hold relationship with Cody Garbrandt.