Paige VanZant-I make way more money sitting at home posting pictures on Instagram than I do fighting

[RaginCajun]

Paige VanZant looking for new UFC deal: 'I want a significant pay raise'

"I'm for sure going to fight this year," VanZant said Monday on Ariel Helwani's MMA Show, where she and Vanderford appeared in studio. "Once I start sparring, I think I want to sign a fight contract and then be six weeks out."

While her intent isn't to rush back into action too quickly, VanZant has been anxious to return to fighting. She has been conditionally cleared for light weights and her timeline for sparring is about a month out, if everything holds to form.

VanZant's next fight will be the last one on her UFC contract. The deal she signed dates all the way back to late 2015 and her fight against Rose Namajunas, but because of the injuries and her appearance on "Dancing With the Stars," she believes the terms of her contract aren't on par with the current pay scale in the UFC.

"I want a significant pay raise, to be completely honest," VanZant said. "When I fought Michelle Waterson, we had some of the highest views on Fox. ... I feel like coming off of 'Dancing With the Stars,' with the fan base I've built up, my book tour, I've just been extremely accomplished outside of the UFC, as well as in the UFC."

Despite never having fought for a championship in the UFC, VanZant is one of the most recognizable faces in the sport. In addition to her appearance on Season 22 of "Dancing With the Stars" and on the cooking competition show "Chopped," VanZant has amassed a considerable following on social media.

"The hard thing for me to put into perspective is, with endorsements, I make way more money sitting at home posting pictures on Instagram than I do fighting," VanZant said. "With endorsement deals and everything I pull in from social media, I would actually be at a loss taking a fight and focusing [on the UFC] ... by a long shot."

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[Onetrickpony]

 

[Rambo John J]

good for her
getting busted up doing MMA and gonna get beat up more the less focused you are

I preferred PVZ before the fakes...but ees normal

 

[RaginCajun]

good for her
getting busted up doing MMA and gonna get beat up more the less focused you are

I preferred PVZ before the fakes...but ees normal

Sounds like she already has one foot out of the door but likes the press being a UFC fighter gives her.

 

[Onetrickpony]

Sounds like she already has one foot out of the door but likes the press being a UFC fighter gives her.

Honestly, I think it may be the other way.

Paige found herself by fighting against the emotional effects bullies had on her when she was younger by becoming a tough as nails fighter.

Now she’s making more money by being the beautiful girl that she was always told she could never be.

She knows if she stops fighting she’ll lose the thing that gave her self confidence in the first place but she has a need for others to tell her that she’s beautiful because she was told she was ugly for her whole childhood.

She wants the fight first but also needs the attention.

 

[homo fagit]

Imagine how much she would make if she was good at fighting

 

[KWingJitsu]

I think we figured that out.

Someone tell her she could make a lot more by getting them fakies out - on video. If you na'a mean.

 

[Suicidalforlife]

Good for her, now we just need to find other jobs for the rest of the wmmaists so we dont need to look at their shit fights anymore.

 

[Suicidalforlife]

Her facial expressions in the video at the bottom are hilarious.

 

[Tiiimmmaaayyy]

She wouldn’t be making that kind of money from Instagram or have been on Dancing with the stars if not for the UFC. Instead of demanding more money she should be thanking them for getting her into the spotlight.

 

[TheEmperorRises]

She makes more from her sponsors and is fighting out her contract. Y'all know who she's signing with after the next fight is done....

 

[Suicidalforlife]

She makes more from her sponsors and is fighting out her contract. Y'all know who she's signing with after the next fight is done....

More than likely, is that eyeball on that clowns neck for real, fuck me man Alan Belchers just lost his title.

What a dipshit

 

[RaginCajun]

I hope the girl makes bank but I can't imagine that people are actually buying stuff that she advertises on IG.