- The UFC athlete Paige VanZant has posted a series of nude photographs on Instagram.
- Her and her husband, a fellow MMA fighter, are passing the time during coronavirus isolation by doing chores and household tasks in their birthday suits.
- This is a growing trend among combat athletes who have famously posed naked, with Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor both going nude in recent years.
- VanZant’s pictures, though, appear to have an unintended effect as she later said she was sent three NSFW photos from male followers.
- “I’m having a lot of fun chatting to you – minus the three d— pics,” she said. “Not happy.”
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This is Paige VanZant. Though the American has never been a UFC champion, she is one of the company’s more famous faces because of her appearance on “Dancing With The Stars,” “Chopped,” and her popular Instagram account.
VanZant made almost $500,000 in her cage-fighting career but said last year she makes more money through Instagram. “All of us should be paid more in general, especially women and especially based on your star power,” she said.
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Responding to VanZant’s comments, the UFC president Dana White said: “Good for her.”
Source: Business Insider.
6 of her 9 most popular Instagram photos last year were of her posing in swim-wear, but she recently started wearing even less than that, posting numerous nude photos taken while doing mundane exercises and chores around the house during a spell at home because of the coronavirus.
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She has even got her husband involved. Here's Austin Vanderford, who is also a UFC fighter, covered, for some unknown reason, in flour.
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They have even been doing yard-work while naked.
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We're not quite sure what this is …
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VanZant is not the first athlete from the UFC to pose naked, and she likely won't be the last. It is a clear trend amongst mixed martial artists. Jessica Andrade stripped down for a photo with her recently-won UFC championship in May, last year.
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Source: Business Insider.
Conor McGregor posed in nothing but hand-wraps for ESPN's annual "Body Issue" in 2016.
ESPN Body Issue 2016! pic.twitter.com/qQSbPnKllt
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) July 6, 2016
Ronda Rousey posed topless for ESPN some years before McGregor.
FLASHBACK: Here Is Ronda Rousey Naked For ESPN’s Body Issue https://t.co/S2LGv3qHbw pic.twitter.com/KmkAUv9Els
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 2, 2017
As for VanZant, her latest stream of nude photos of Instagram has recorded 800,000 combined likes.
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However, it has had one unintended consequence - unsolicited lewd images from followers.
On an Instagram story, she said: "I'm trying to get through all your text messages and replying to everyone. I'm having a lot of fun chatting to you - minus the three d--- pics. Not happy." Read more: