A handful of fans know Austin Vanderford as an undefeated middleweight fighter taking on the legendary Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 275 this Friday. But for the rest of the MMA community, he will always be “Mr. Paige VanZant.”
Such a distinction may not sit too well for some people. Vanderford, however, isn’t listening to the noise around him.
“What is more alpha than going out there and getting in a fistfight for a living?” Vanderford told MMA Fighting in a recent interview. “There’s not really anything anyone could say. Of course, there’s going to be those fans and there might be colleagues who talk a little shit, but it’s just part of the game.