{"id":298624,"date":"2019-01-18T11:54:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T19:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=298624"},"modified":"2019-01-18T12:24:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T20:24:32","slug":"paige-vanzant-used-a-mental-coach-ahead-of-ufc-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/paige-vanzant-used-a-mental-coach-ahead-of-ufc-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige VanZant used a mental coach ahead of UFC Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When she steps into the cage on Saturday at UFC Brooklyn\u00a0<span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.zlbu.net\/c\/1359581\/566982\/9070\">on ESPN+<\/a><\/span>, Paige VanZant will have been away from the Octagon for more than a year when she faces Rachael Ostovich.<\/p>\n<p>While she\u2019s had similar layoffs in her career this extended time off has been the toughest of her career. One of the ways the UFC flyweight has helped with being sidelined is enlisting a mental coach for this training camp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was by far the most challenging, especially because I was forced to not train.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/01\/ufc-brooklyn-paige-vanzant-returns-most-challenging-layoff-from-fighting\">VanZant told MMAJunkie.<\/a> \u201cI\u2019ve been working with a mental coach, with an athletic coach to try to get the mental side stronger. It\u2019s hard to come back from such a significant injury and significant layoff. That\u2019s one thing I think is going to be a huge addition to my coach. Going into every fight I have those doubts and those questions and those fears, but I feel, for this one, it feels right. Everything feels right, and it\u2019s falling into place perfectly. This is my moment to show I really belong right here, right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paige VanZant (7-4) had to endure two surgeries to repair her broken arm following her loss to Jessica-Rose Clark at UFC Fight Night 124. It\u2019s the first time in her career she\u2019s dealt with an extended layoff due to injury. She\u2019s also in the midst of the worst losing streak of her career, heading into Saturday\u2019s contest off back-to-back losses. One battle she won\u2019t have to face is the weight cut, where she\u2019s much happier competing at 125-pounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot believe that I ever used to make 115, especially cause I\u2019m walking around, and I don\u2019t see myself as being much smaller than anybody in the 125 division. My coaches and my husband, I\u2019ve never cut to 115 with this camp, and they were like, \u2018There\u2019s no way.\u2019 I can\u2019t believe I used to do 115. I\u2019m getting so hungry, and I don\u2019t know why they do these media days on Thursday, the hardest weight cut day. I feel like I\u2019m really cranky, and I\u2019m snapping at some people. I\u2019m not trying to. But I feel good. It\u2019s typical. This is the way I feel every weight cut, and cutting any amount of weight is miserable. But I\u2019m looking forward to getting through it and performing on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old will be looking for her first win since Aug. 2016 and her first victory in this new division.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinning this fight, I will have my first win in this division. I\u2019ve got to continue to climb up the rankings. I would love to fight somebody in the top 15, continue to fight someone ranked and move my way up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This debut UFC on ESPN+ card takes place this Saturday at The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY and is headlined by flyweight champion Henry Cejudo defending his title against bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will win between Paige VanZant vs. Rachel Ostovich?<\/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 1\/18\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When she steps into the cage on Saturday at UFC Brooklyn\u00a0on ESPN+, Paige VanZant will have been away from the Octagon for more than a year when she faces Rachael Ostovich. While she\u2019s had similar layoffs in her career this extended time off has been the toughest of her career. 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