UFC star Paige VanZant tells TMZ Sports she is officially BACK after multiple surgeries on her broken arm ... saying she's been cleared to start training again.
.... and her first opponent was a TMZ staffer!!
PVZ stopped by the office to break the great news ... telling us after that 2 arm breaks and 3 surgeries since January 2018, she finally got the green-light to get back in the Octagon.
It's been a tough time for Paige .. who initially suffered the injury against Jessica Rose-Clark at Fight Night 124.