{"id":324176,"date":"2019-09-03T07:09:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T14:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=324176"},"modified":"2019-09-03T07:10:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T14:10:36","slug":"justine-kish-calls-out-stupid-star-paige-vanzant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/justine-kish-calls-out-stupid-star-paige-vanzant\/","title":{"rendered":"Justine Kish calls out &#8216;stupid star&#8217; Paige VanZant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can superstars also be &#8216;stupid stars&#8217;? According to Justine Kish, the answer is yes. She recently called out flyweight star Paige VanZant <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustineKish\/status\/1168593237449138177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Twitter<\/a> in hopes of setting up a fight.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustineKish\/status\/1168593237449138177<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I can\u2019t take it anymore. @paigevanzant keeps acting like a super star but her actions lately prove that she\u2019s just stupid star. @ufc match me up with this &#x1f31f;&#x1f64f;&#x1f3fb;. There&#8217;s a better blonde in town that actually wants to &#x1f44a;&#x1f3fc;.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Justin Kish on Twitter<\/p>\n<p>Kish is on a two fight losing streak \u2014 the only two losses of her professional career. She made her UFC debut in 2016 and has had a hot-and-cold record ever since. The 31-year old last fought in January, 2019 when she lost to a split decision against Ji Yeon Kim.<\/p>\n<p>VanZant&#8217;s last fight was also in January, when she beat Hawaii&#8217;s Rachael Ostovich by submission. She also has two recent losses dating back to 2016. First, Michelle Watson submitted VanZant with a rear naked choke in the first round. Later, Jessica-Rose Clark took home the unanimous decision victory over VanZant at UFC St Louis.<\/p>\n<p>VanZant is currently <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/paige-vanzant-updates-on-recovery-shares-timeframe-for-return\/\">sidelined due to an arm injury,<\/a> but hopes to return to the Octagon this year.<\/p>\n<p>If this fight happens, it would be the last obligation on VanZant&#8217;s current UFC contract. The 25-year old has spoken openly about her UFC contract in past weeks, and made a controversial comment stating that she gets paid <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-responds-to-paige-vanzants-pay-gripes\/\">more from social media posts <\/a>than she does for her fights. When she finishes her next fight, she intends on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/paige-vanzant-shares-reasons-for-free-agency-plans\/\">testing her value as a free agent.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think my value is significantly higher than what I\u2019m currently valued at,\u201d she said on Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show recently. \u201cI want a significant pay raise, to be completely honest. I do think that my value is really low [right now].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Justin Kish is not impressed by VanZant&#8217;s recent behaviour, but is aware that her popularity and recent comments could result in a lucrative match up. Would you like to see her go against Paige VanZant? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.<\/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\/3\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can superstars also be &#8216;stupid stars&#8217;? According to Justine Kish, the answer is yes. She recently called out flyweight star Paige VanZant on Twitter in hopes of setting up a fight. https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustineKish\/status\/1168593237449138177 &#8220;I can\u2019t take it anymore. @paigevanzant keeps acting like a super star but her actions lately prove that she\u2019s just stupid star. @ufc [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54472,"featured_media":324206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[30043,10124,39610],"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>Justine Kish calls out &#039;stupid star&#039; Paige VanZant | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Justin Kish calls for a matchup with UFC flyweight star Paige VanZant, referring to the popular fighter as a &#039;stupid star.&#039;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/justine-kish-calls-out-stupid-star-paige-vanzant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Justine Kish calls out &#039;stupid star&#039; 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