{"id":227906,"date":"2017-03-14T10:17:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T17:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=227906"},"modified":"2017-04-14T13:52:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:52:36","slug":"paige-vanzants-future-team-alpha-male-uncertain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/paige-vanzant\/paige-vanzants-future-team-alpha-male-uncertain\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige VanZant’s future with Team Alpha Male uncertain"},"content":{"rendered":"

To close out 2016, Paige VanZant looked to capitalize on her August 2016 win over Bec Rawlings<\/a> as she stepped into the Octagon with ‘The Karate Hottie’ Michelle Waterson for a highly anticipated UFC Sacramento main event showdown. <\/p>\n

While many expected Waterson to look to use her elite level striking to pick VanZant apart, while looking for the finish, Waterson instead opted to take the fight to the ground and finish VanZant with a rear-naked choke<\/a> in the first round to cement her place at the top of the UFC’s women’s strawweight division.<\/p>\n

\"Paige<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen revealed this week that VanZant would be training at Gracie Barra in Portland Oregon after she purchased a house in her home-state of Oregon recently.<\/p>\n

Urijah Faber spoke to MMAJunkie<\/a> to discuss VanZant’s uncertain future with Team Alpha Male:<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s probably going to set up a home camp in Oregon, and I imagine she\u2019ll probably travel for her camps. I don\u2019t know if she\u2019ll travel here, or travel to L.A. But she\u2019s welcome here, obviously.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure if she\u2019s planning on doing that here or not,\u201d Faber said. \u201cWe spoke briefly about it. I told her she\u2019s always welcome. That\u2019s a better question for her.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe hasn\u2019t officially said, \u2018I\u2019m never coming back.\u2019 If it were up to me, I\u2019d have her training in here all year \u2019round and having guys watch over her. But she\u2019s got a unique setup, being a girl that\u2019s from Oregon, living in Reno (Nev.), coming to Sacramento, being in the limelight so much.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Paige<\/p>\n

Faber of course is currently retired, however he remains an active figure in the MMA community given his involvement with Team Alpha Male and their deep lineup of fighters.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 3\/14\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To close out 2016, Paige VanZant looked to capitalize on her August 2016 win over Bec Rawlings as she stepped into the Octagon with ‘The Karate Hottie’ Michelle Waterson for a highly anticipated UFC Sacramento main event showdown. 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