{"id":263063,"date":"2017-11-04T18:42:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T01:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=263063"},"modified":"2017-11-04T18:42:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T01:42:54","slug":"paige-vanzant-announces-next-scrap-will-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/paige-vanzant\/paige-vanzant-announces-next-scrap-will-title-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige VanZant announces her next scrap will be a title fight!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paige VanZant just announced that her next fight will be for UFC gold.<\/p>\n<p>No this is not a joke.<\/p>\n<p>VanZant, who has gone 1-2 in her past three fights at strawweight, will apparently be receiving a shot at UFC flyweight gold in her next octagon appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Paige took to Twitter just moments ago where she dropped the shocking news.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My next fight is against the winner of the 125 division Ultimate Fighter. Don\u2019t blink.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Paige VanZant (@PaigeVanzantUFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaigeVanzantUFC\/status\/926981990892613633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;My next fight is against the winner of the 125 division Ultimate Fighter. Don\u2019t blink.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Paige VanZant <\/p>\n<p>The UFC will crown it&#8217;s inaugural women&#8217;s flyweight champion on December 1 at the &#8220;TUF 26 Finale&#8221; in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>According to Paige, the UFC has offered her a title shot against the winner of that event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-fox-22-results-michelle-waterson-puts-paige-vanzant-sleep\/\">&#8220;PVZ&#8221; was most recently seen in action in December of 2016 where she suffered a first-round submission loss to Michelle Waterson <\/a>in the main event of UFC on FOX 22.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the setback, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-on-fox-21-results-paige-vanzant-vs-bec-rawlings\/\">Paige had scored an amazing head kick knockout victory over Bec Rawlings at UFC on FOX 21<\/a> in Vancouver, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of this shocking announcement? 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