{"id":308546,"date":"2019-04-04T07:44:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T14:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=308546"},"modified":"2019-04-04T07:44:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T14:44:58","slug":"paige-vanzant-knocks-morons-who-criticized-si-swimsuit-shoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/paige-vanzant-knocks-morons-who-criticized-si-swimsuit-shoot\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige VanZant knocks &#8216;morons&#8217; who criticized SI swimsuit shoot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UFC flyweight contender Paige VanZant recently partook in a photoshoot for the <em>Sports Illustrated <\/em>swimsuit edition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"FanSided (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/fansided.com\/2019\/04\/03\/paige-vanzant-si-swimsuit-issue-can-hide-much-girliness\/\" target=\"_blank\">FanSided<\/a>, VanZant admitted this is the kind of opportunity she previously might have turned down in an effort to seem less girly and more like a professional fighter. But she says those days are over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been pushing these opportunities to the side,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I can only hide so much of my girliness. I\u2019ve been turning down opportunities because I do want people to see me as a professional fighter. I\u2019m done with that. I\u2019m going to 100 percent be myself. There is this new era of being strong and beautiful. The die-hard fight fans can complain that I\u2019m doing things like\u00a0<em>Sports Illustrated<\/em>\u00a0but it\u2019s who I am and I absolutely loved it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Paige VanZant implies, some fans have been critical of her for taking opportunities like this Sports Illustrated photoshoot. But the flyweight star isn&#8217;t letting those &#8220;morons&#8221; get her down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[Those] fans are morons,&#8221; VanZant said. &#8220;The problem with fights fans is they are quick to forget. 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