{"id":308036,"date":"2019-04-01T13:49:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T20:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=308036"},"modified":"2019-04-01T13:49:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T20:49:04","slug":"ufc-philadelphia-winner-maryna-moroz-calls-out-paige-vanzant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/maryna-moroz\/ufc-philadelphia-winner-maryna-moroz-calls-out-paige-vanzant\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Philadelphia winner Maryna Moroz calls out Paige VanZant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Moving up to flyweight\npaid off for Maryna Moroz this past Saturday at UFC Philadelphia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cIron Lady\u201d put a halt\nto the Sabina Mazo hype train, defeating the Kings MMA standout by unanimous\ndecision and handing the 22-year-old her first professional loss. Moroz picked\nup her first victory since Aug. 2016 and likely saved her job with the Las\nVegas based promotion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI feel amazing,\u201d <\/em>Moroz said post-fight at UFC Philadelphia via <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\">MMAJunkie<\/a>. <em>\u201cI have a lot of energy because I don\u2019t cut weight. Before it was 20 pounds cut, now it\u2019s 12 or 15. It\u2019s easy for me. Now I have a lot of energy, I feel more strong. Amazing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moroz (9-3) started her UFC career off with an upset victory\nover Joanne Calderwood at UFC Fight Night 64 and followed that up winning two\nof her next three fights. However she would drop her next two bouts to Carla\nEsparza and Angela Hill prior to Saturday\u2019s victory. It\u2019s the first time Moroz\nhas competed in the 125-pound weight class since her fourth-pro bout in Sept.\n2014. With entering a new weight class and coming off a win, the 27-year-old\nhas her sights set on her next opponent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&nbsp;\u201cI think I need for me, three months and fight. Three months and fight. I don\u2019t know who. For me it\u2019s a new division 125lbs &#8211; I need to talk to my coach about who is a good opponent for me, but maybe Paige VanZant. She\u2019s a good fighter. She win (her last fight) and I win (tonight).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VanZant (8-4) is coming off\nher first victory at flyweight, submitting Rachael Ostovich at UFC Brooklyn\nback in January. Like Moroz, VanZant snapped a two-fight skid with the win and\nearned her first victory since Aug. 2016. The 25-year-old is currently without\nan opponent and is 2-2 in her last four fights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would you like to see\nMaryna Moroz vs. Paige VanZant next? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moving up to flyweight paid off for Maryna Moroz this past Saturday at UFC Philadelphia The \u201cIron Lady\u201d put a halt to the Sabina Mazo hype train, defeating the Kings MMA standout by unanimous decision and handing the 22-year-old her first professional loss. Moroz picked up her first victory since Aug. 2016 and likely saved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54468,"featured_media":302654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39643,10086,10124,23760],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UFC Philadelphia winner Maryna Moroz calls out Paige VanZant | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Moving up to flyweight paid off for Maryna Moroz this past Saturday at UFC Philadelphia, and now she is eyeing up Paige VanZant.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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