{"id":395862,"date":"2021-09-30T06:53:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T13:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=395862"},"modified":"2021-09-30T06:53:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T13:53:19","slug":"bkfc-president-dave-feldman-confirms-the-future-of-paige-vanzant-is-up-in-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bkfc\/bkfc-president-dave-feldman-confirms-the-future-of-paige-vanzant-is-up-in-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"BKFC President Dave Feldman confirms the future of Paige VanZant is \u201cup in the air\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BKFC President Dave Feldman confirmed that the future of women&#8217;s fighter Paige VanZant is \u201cup in the air\u201d following two straight losses.<\/p>\n<p>VanZant signed a lucrative free-agent contract with BKFC last year after her UFC contract expired, but so far, things have not gone to plan for her. VanZant began her BKFC career with a decision loss to Britain Hart earlier this year, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/bare-knuckle-boxing\/bare-knuckle-boxing-championship\/rachael-ostovich-explains-decision-to-rematch-paige-vanzant-in-bkfc-money-talks\/\">before losing to Rachael Ostovich in her second BKFC fight<\/a>. It now looks like with those two losses that VanZant believes that her heart might not be in the BKFC game and she is considering going back to MMA.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2021\/9\/29\/22699341\/dave-feldman-would-love-paige-vanzant-back-another-bkfc-fight-but-wont-stop-her-from-returning-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a> in a recent interview, BKFC president Feldman confirmed that VanZant might not be back with BKFC because she is still passionate about MMA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe spoke to her management team and honestly it\u2019s up in the air. We\u2019re not 100 percent sure she\u2019ll be back with BKFC. It looks like she will but at the end of the day, if her heart and her passion is she wants to give MMA another shot, we may give her that opportunity. I\u2019m not here to hold anybody back,&#8221; Feldman said of VanZant. \u201cI\u2019m actually flying down to Miami tomorrow, we\u2019re going to have a conversation with her management team tomorrow and finalize that and see where that ends up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feldman says that BKFC wants VanZant back, but if her heart&#8217;s not in it, he will let her go.<\/p>\n<p id=\"S6lNgp\">\u201cWe\u2019d love to have her back. But at the end of the day, if her heart\u2019s not in it \u2014 and I\u2019m not saying that it\u2019s not \u2014 but if her heart\u2019s not in it, and she wants to try something else, who are we to stop her from advancing her career or trying something else new with her career? \u2018Cause we thought we could give her a great opportunity and we did and she\u2019s been great to work with. We\u2019ll know a lot more after this week. I\u2019d love to put her on the KnuckleMania card again as well. So we\u2019ll see what happens with that this week,&#8221; Feldman said.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Paige VanZant should go back to MMA after a failed stint in BKFC?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BKFC President Dave Feldman confirmed that the future of women&#8217;s fighter Paige VanZant is \u201cup in the air\u201d following two straight losses. VanZant signed a lucrative free-agent contract with BKFC last year after her UFC contract expired, but so far, things have not gone to plan for her. 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