{"id":138980,"date":"2015-04-19T16:13:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T23:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=138980"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:36:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:36:03","slug":"paige-vanzant-im-still-growing-plan-getting-better-every-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/paige-vanzant-im-still-growing-plan-getting-better-every-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige VanZant: &#8216;I&#8217;m Still Growing, Plan On Getting Better Every Fight&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/paige-vanzant.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-138985\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/paige-vanzant.png\" alt=\"paige vanzant\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/paige-vanzant.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/paige-vanzant-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/paige-vanzant-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/paige-vanzant-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UFC strawweight and potential new star, Paige VanZant, put on quite the show against Felice Herrig at UFC on FOX15.<\/p>\n<p>The Team Alpha Male fighter beat up TUF alumni with relative ease. Her pace was too much for Herrig and VanZant ended up winning via unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>VanZant, at the post-fight press conference, about all the doubters and about her growth as a fighter. Check it out!<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Maybe she was stronger. She obviously looks a lot stronger than me, but even when you&#8217;re a black belt, when you&#8217;re getting punched in the face, those things kind of go away. When you&#8217;re in a fight, it doesn&#8217;t matter what skill set you have, if you don&#8217;t have the heart then, your strength and your attributes fall back.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;That was the plan. Of course I wanted to go out there and get a dominant performance. Everyone wants to finish their fight right away. I&#8217;m really happy with my performance tonight. I still have a lot to work on. I&#8217;m very young in this sport.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;For me, every win is satisfying. I just understand some competitors have to get in that mindset. They&#8217;re about to go in and do a fight. Some people have to get in that mindset. You have to hate your opponent. I don&#8217;t have to do that. It&#8217;s like my birthday every time I walk out to the cage. This is what I love to do. I don&#8217;t have to hate who I&#8217;m fighting.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Every single fight, I&#8217;m going to change. I&#8217;m not technically the best yet, but I&#8217;m at the perfect camp for that.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>By: <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/ryan-miller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan C. 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