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Good news, fight fans!<\/p>\n

Fan favorite<\/a> strawweight “12 Gauge” Paige VanZant (7-2) is poised for a return to action. The 22-year-old will be taking on former Invicta atomweight champ Michelle Waterson (13-4) in the main event of UFC on Fox 22. The card will emanate from Sacramento, California\u00a0on December 17.<\/p>\n

VanZant announced this matchup on her Instagram account<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last December, VanZant experienced the first loss of her UFC career, surrendering to a rear-naked choke in the fifth round of a gory encounter with top-ranked contender Rose Namajunas. After this tough loss, VanZant took a hiatus from the perilous world of mixed martial arts, competing on the hit ABC program\u00a0Dancing With the Stars<\/em><\/a>, where she and partner Mark Ballas emerged as the season’s runners up. In August, VanZant made her long-awaited return to the Octagon, bouncing back in the biggest way possible with a second-round, flying switch-kick induced KO of a game Bec Rawlings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Paige<\/a><\/p>\n

As always, VanZant will prepare for this bout amid monsters like Cody Garbrandt<\/a>, Andre Fili<\/a> and Teruto Ishihara<\/a> at Sacramento’s Team Alpha Male.<\/p>\n

Her newly announced opponent, who trains out of \u00a0Greg Jackson’s camp\u00a0<\/strong>in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has not seen in action since she made her UFC debut in July of 2015. On that night, she defeated Angela Magana with a third-round rear-naked choke.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

Are you excited for this newly announced strawweight scrap? Who are you picking to win? Sound off, PENN nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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