Former UFC star Paige VanZant appeared to put fighting on the back burner, turning her attention to her lucrative modeling career.
The Oregon native fought in the UFC from 2013 to 2020 and currently competes in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. She also had a brief stint with All Elite Wrestling.
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Paige VanZant poses on the scale during the UFC Fight Night weigh-in at Barclays Center on January 18, 2019 in Brooklyn. (Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Even though she’s been all over the fighting world, it’s her OnlyFans page that’s really seen success.
“Fighting, I have to understand now, is just a hobby. It’s my part-time job,” she says. told TMZ because it’s a “Famous & Naked” special. “I have to realize that OnlyFans is what provides me with everything.
“There are a lot of things I would do to provide for my family,” she added. “I would kill for my family. It’s a lot less than that.”
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Paige VanZant on center stage during day three of Web Summit at Altice Arena on November 8, 2018, in Lisbon, Portugal. (Sam Barnes/Web Summit via Getty Images)
VanZant has over 3.1 million followers on Instagram and an additional 1.8 million on TikTok. She also helped leverage her social media to have a successful modeling career.
Even though fighting might be the second job of her life, she’s about to make her debut on Dana White’s show. Power Slap later this week.
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Paige VanZant watches her husband Austin Vanderford during their middleweight world title fight against Gegard Mousasi in Dublin. (David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
“I just signed a contract and whether my mom likes it or not, I’m doing Power Slap,” she said on his podcast. “I just signed a contract with Power Slap. Because you know what? My name is Paige VanZant. I was in the UFC, I did bare knuckle boxing, boxing. Now I do Power Slap.… I’m literally going to do everything and piss everyone off.”
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