{"id":164412,"date":"2015-09-06T06:26:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-06T13:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=164412"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:53:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:53:33","slug":"vanzant-i-have-a-long-way-before-i-can-compare-to-rousey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/vanzant-i-have-a-long-way-before-i-can-compare-to-rousey\/","title":{"rendered":"VanZant: &#8216;I Have A Long Way Before I Can Compare To Rousey&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At UFC 191 Team Alpha Male&#8217;s Paige VanZant went into the octagon and handled her business, dominating Alex Chambers from the start to the finish of the fight.<\/p>\n<p>She eventually managed to lock in a slick armbar in the third round. It&#8217;s become a trend, VanZant going in there and putting beatings on people. She keeps a crazy pace and never stops moving forward. She is now 3-0 in the UFC and going into the fight was ranked 7th, a number that will likely be going up in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s next, can we deem her the next Ronda Rousey? Well, VanZant says not quite yet.<\/p>\n<p>She talked at the post-fight press conference about people trying to compare them and says although she&#8217;s going to try to walk in Rousey&#8217;s shoes, she still feels she has some work to do.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what she said:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s as much a compliment for people to even say that. But those are definitely huge shoes to fill and I have a long way before I can make that comparison. But I\u2019m thankful that people see that, and I definitely want to follow in her footsteps.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cShe\u2019s opened some great doors for women in all athletics and especially the UFC. So I just think of it as a compliment. It\u2019s not pressure added.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Best Training Room You&#8217;ll Probably Ever See &#8212; D.C., Rockhold, Khabib, Velasquez All Training For UFC Greatness<\/strong><br \/>\n[ooyala code=&#8221;J5c3UxdzpDWlYbuxxRyJVVXCUwnYxE3R&#8221; player_id=&#8221;bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2&#8243; width=&#8221;1280&#8243; height=&#8221;720&#8243; auto=&#8221;true&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; At UFC 191 Team Alpha Male&#8217;s Paige VanZant went into the octagon and handled her business, dominating Alex Chambers from the start to the finish of the fight. She eventually managed to lock in a slick armbar in the third round. It&#8217;s become a trend, VanZant going in there and putting beatings on people. 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