There’s a bit of an uncomfortable topic regarding the news of Paige VanZant joining Bare Knuckle FC: the idea that, well, if you’ve ever watched a bare-knuckle boxing card, you know the fighters have a much higher chance of coming out all busted up than they might in the UFC or a traditional gloved boxing match. Fortunately, VanZant herself addressed this head on after her signing was announced Wednesday . “I feel like I still have this stigma in MMA that I’m just a pretty face, and what a way to prove to people that’s not the way I see myself at all,” she told ESPN . “This is a sport where people probably have the highest rate of getting cut open, and having long term scars is definitely something that I’m not even worried about for me.” PVZ’s free agency was one of the strongest test cases of where the market stands for marquee fighters during this pandemic year of 2020. Both sides made it clear she wasn’t returning to the UFC. Would ONE Championship make an offer, as they have in recent years for fighters like Eddie Alvarez and Sage Northcutt?
More:
Why ‘pretty face’ Paige VanZant signing with Bare Knuckle FC isn’t so crazy – MMA Junkie