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Paige VanZant Ready To Fight Again

May 25, 2016 | Posted by Joseph Lee

In an interview with MMA Junkie, Paige VanZant spoke about wanting to get back to fighting after finishing second in season 22 of Dancing with the Stars. Here are highlights:

On her performance on DWTS: “I feel really happy. I won in my book because I was able to get out there and use my platform for something very positive, and at the same time I’m very ready to get back in the cage.”

On enjoying the experience: “It was really fun, and I wouldn’t change it for anything else. It was a long three months, but I loved every second of it.”

On returning to the cage: “You know what? I feel like I have a fire lit underneath me right now. I’m ready to get back in the cage and fight again. I’ve been away from my home and the UFC way too long, so I’m excited to get a fight. And I have a role in the upcoming ‘Kickboxer’ movie, the remake with Jean-Claude Van Damme, and I film next month over in Thailand. So I’m going to take my fight camp over to Thailand for a little while. It’s a very short filming, just a few days, and the rest of it I’ll be using as a fight camp. I’m bringing a trainer to Thailand and we’re just going to focus and get ready for a fight, because I’m ready to get back in there. It’s up to the UFC, but I want to get back in there as soon as possible. I think my manager’s going to say, ‘Hey, we might want to train first.’ But I’m ready, and I miss the UFC.”

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Paige VanZant, UFC, Joseph Lee