Paige VanZant on Power Slap – “I do not think that you should cut weight for this”
Following her unanimous decision win over Christine Wolmarans at Power Slap 8 on Friday night, former UFC star Paige VanZant talked about the experience.
VanZant is now a competitor in nearly all major professional combat sport having fought in mixed martial arts, boxing, bare knuckle, and now power slap.
“I told everybody, and everybody should know that I am tough as hell,” VanZant said after her win. “I’ve gone from the UFC to bareknuckle boxing to boxing to Power Slap, I’ve done pro wrestling. I just want to compete. I had an absolutely incredible time doing this. I think that they’re gonna want me back absolutely, so I do see a future here. I just want to compete, and I want to live my life and have fun, show off how tough I am.”
While power slap competitors do weigh-in ahead of their bouts you won’t find them going through the extreme weight cuts that MMA fighters do to be the larger competitor come fight night.
“I do not think that you should cut weight for this (because of) the dehydration of the brain,” VanZant said of power slap. “… It does affect your brain. Taking slaps and just eating them right there, you do want to have your brain as hydrated as possible.”
