{"id":1353073,"date":"2021-04-19T20:15:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T00:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1353073"},"modified":"2021-04-19T20:15:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T00:15:16","slug":"paige-vanzant-talks-portland-trail-blazers-bare-knuckle-fighting-creepy-dms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/paige-vanzant-talks-portland-trail-blazers-bare-knuckle-fighting-creepy-dms\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige VanZant Talks Portland Trail Blazers, Bare-Knuckle Fighting, and ‘Creepy DMs'"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Paige VanZant <\/a>has pretty much done it all. From modeling to dancing to MMA<\/a> and now to bare-knuckle fighting, VanZant has been all over the map. VanZant recently spoke on a variety of topics ranging from the Portland Trail Blazers, her move to bare-knuckle fighting, and the “creepy DMs” she receives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paige VanZant lost her bare-knuckle debut in February<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Paige Van Zant fights Britain Hart during the BKFC KnuckleMania event at RP Funding Center on February 05, 2021 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Alex Menendez\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Paige VanZant left the UFC<\/a> and made her debut at the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship\u2019s \u201cKnuckleMania\u201d in February. Although it didn't turn out the way she planned, she's ready to get back in the ring. VanZant lost a five-round unanimous decision to Britain Hart in what she described as a learning process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor me, honestly, there\u2019s a few things I\u2019m going to take away from it and go back to my gym and adjust and learn,\u201d VanZant said on her Sirius XM show\u00a0Knuckle Up Radio<\/em>. \u201cIt was a really big learning process throughout the fight. As the rounds went, I feel I was kind of finding my rhythm and finding my groove and kind of understanding what was working, what wasn\u2019t.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VanZant said she'll be back in the ring soon. \u201cIt sucks. It\u2019s unfortunate. I\u2019m not happy that I lost ever, it\u2019s the biggest letdown in the world but I know it\u2019s not going to shake me,” she said. “It\u2019s not going to define me. I know with my performance what I did wrong and I can go back and learn and get better and what an inspiration I hope to other people who are questioning if they belong in something or trying something new and have that question like \u2018what if I fail?\u2019 Yeah, what if you fail? It\u2019s fine. It\u2019s not a big deal.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paige VanZant said the Portland Trail Blazers need to be tougher<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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