UFC star Paige VanZant said she can make more money posting on Instagram than she can fighting, the flyweight told ESPN's Ariel Helwani on Monday
"With endorsements I make way more money sitting at home, posting pictures on Instagram than I do fighting," the 25-year-old VanZant said. "With endorsement deals and everything I pull in from social media, I would actually be at a loss just taking a fight and focusing on that. If I were to stop everything I do outside of fighting and just fight, I would be at a loss financially, by a longshot.
"With TV endorsements and all the things that I do, and coming off of Sports Illustrated [the 2019 Swimsuit edition], it's like if I’m gonna keep breaking my arm, if I’m gonna keep bleeding and sacrificing for this sport—I feel like it’s all fighters and all female fighters need to be recognized.