{"id":202438,"date":"2016-08-29T15:35:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T22:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=202438"},"modified":"2016-08-29T15:35:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T22:35:34","slug":"paige-vanzant-comments-on-fighter-pay-and-a-career-outside-of-the-octagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/paige-vanzant\/paige-vanzant-comments-on-fighter-pay-and-a-career-outside-of-the-octagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige VanZant comments on fighter pay and a career outside of the Octagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rising UFC star Paige VanZant&#8217;s stock continued its rise with her <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-on-fox-21-results\/video-paige-vanzant-kos-bec-rawlings\/\">highlight reel knockout over Bec Rawlings<\/a> at UFC on FOX 21 over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>VanZant\u00a0talked with Ariel Helwani on Monday&#8217;s episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U0a-ON4uKm8\" target=\"_blank\">The MMA Hour<\/a> following her big win and discussed the potential of doing more work outside of the Octagon and the future of fighter pay.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m a fighter first, but Hollywood does pay very well, and there are amazing things happening (in my career). <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/conor-mcgregor-nate-diaz-earn-estimated-15-million-13-million-respectively-ufc-202\/\">Conor McGregor had great payday recently<\/a>, hopefully that starts trickling down, and everyone else will start making more money. 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