{"id":248633,"date":"2017-09-06T05:54:09","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T12:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=248633"},"modified":"2017-09-06T05:54:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T12:54:09","slug":"paige-vanzant-says-shes-passed-multiple-times-weight-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/paige-vanzant\/paige-vanzant-says-shes-passed-multiple-times-weight-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige VanZant says she&#8217;s passed out multiple times during weight cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in August, we learned that long time strawweight contender Paige VanZant was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/paige-vanzant\/report-paige-vanzant-moves-flyweight-ufc-216-bout\/\">moving on up<\/a> to the UFC&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-introduce-womens-flyweight-division-champion-will-crowned-ultimate-fighter\/\">new women&#8217;s flyweight division<\/a>, where she&#8217;ll battle Jessica Eye at UFC 216 on October 7. The reason for this move, as it turns out, is not just that VanZant is looking for a fresh start. Apparently, she&#8217;s been enduring a far tougher weight cut than any of us knew.<\/p>\n<p>VanZant shared the details of her brutal cut to the strawweight division&#8217;s 115-pound cap on the latest edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/9\/5\/16256498\/paige-vanzant-says-shes-moving-to-flyweight-after-passing-out-multiple-times-during-weight-cuts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pJyCyy\"><em>\u201cI kind of put my foot down on this one,\u201d VanZant said. \u201cIt was time for me to move up.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"t9jn6D\"><em>\u201cIt&#8217;s a big cut for me,\u201d she continued, before revealing some harrowing details. \u201cI\u2019m a lot heavier than people realize. I was honestly killing myself for this sport. In my last I want to say two fights or three fights, I\u2019ve passed out in my bathroom. This last one, I passed out and had the doctors almost not clear me for the fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, VanZant&#8217;s parents also had some say in the move.<\/p>\n<p id=\"qvpOsg\"><em>\u201cMy parents have never seen me cut weight, but they watched this one and they told me if I ever did that again they were gonna disown me,\u201d VanZant said. \u201cThey thought, I&#8217;m killing myself for this and it&#8217;s not worth it. It&#8217;s not worth hurting myself physically for a sport.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Having committed to this move, VanZant anticipates a happier, healthier, and altogether more successful fighting career.<\/p>\n<p id=\"REeIaG\"><em>\u201cThe 125 division is finally getting built, so it just made sense for me to try it out,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m moving up. I\u2019m a big advocate for body positivity and I was putting myself through an eating disorder to make weight. And it became not fun for me anymore. I hate cutting. I hated the process. Obviously, passing out on your bathroom floor is not fun, because you\u2019re dying in a bathtub.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"fxon5K\"><em>\u201cI think that the world will see that I\u2019m so much better at 125,\u201d VanZant continued. \u201cI\u2019m gonna be healthier, I&#8217;m gonna be stronger, i\u2019m gonna be faster. I can&#8217;t wait to show that off.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>How do you think Paige VanZant will perform at flyweight?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 9\/6\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in August, we learned that long time strawweight contender Paige VanZant was moving on up to the UFC&#8217;s new women&#8217;s flyweight division, where she&#8217;ll battle Jessica Eye at UFC 216 on October 7. 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