Former UFC ladies’s flyweight Paige VanZant will make her Energy Slap debut towards Christine Wolmarans on Friday on the Colbalt Ballroom inside Fontainebleau Las Vegas.
Since leaving the UFC in 2020, VanZant has fought in bare-knuckle boxing, was briefly knowledgeable wrestler, and made her boxing debut earlier this 12 months. Now she will be able to add Energy Slap to her resume and he or she considers herself ‘a gangster’ for doing it.
“I acquired a name if I would do Energy Slap. I mentioned, ‘completely,’ and that was it. Signed the contract and right here I’m right here to do Energy Slap,” VanZant instructed the media on Wednesday. “I feel it is thrilling for me as a result of, like, hear, I’m a gangster. Whether or not individuals need to admit it or not. I’m right here to slap any person. It does not matter what group, what fight sport. I am right here to take over and have some enjoyable.”
Earlier than getting the telephone name with a proposal, VanZant had thought of doing Energy Slap. On Friday, she’ll get the chance.
“It was a dialog that we had within the gymnasium. Everyone watches Energy Slap. They’ve taken over. Everyone is aware of what it’s. Everyone’s seen the spotlight movies and lots of people are like, ‘No. I might by no means try this,’ or they’ve combined feelings about all of it,” VanZant mentioned. “For me, I used to be like, ‘Yeah, I would try this.’ In fact. I look again at my UFC profession, my bare-knuckle boxing profession, every part that I’ve executed. You may’t take away how powerful I’m. That is like the final word take a look at of toughness. You stand there and you have to have the balls to get hit.”
VanZant made her skilled boxing debut in Misfits Boxing in Might towards English Onlyfans mannequin Elle Brooke. The bout led to a cut up draw and VanZant expects to rematch Booke later this 12 months. She additionally left the door open to return to Naked Knuckle Preventing Championship, however proper now she needs to be in Energy Slap.
“I’m a girl who does regardless of the f**ok I would like and proper now I need to do Energy Slap,” she mentioned.
