Former UFC fighter Paige VanZant shows gruesome injury and explains bizarre shower accident

Publish date: 2024-05-17

Paige VanZant’s potential comeback is on hold for now.

The former UFC star and bare-knuckle boxer recently rediscovered her love for fighting after returning to the gym following a lengthy hiatus.

Fans were hoping to see the American, who has parlayed her celebrity status into a lucrative OnlyFans career, return to the sport that made her famous.

However, she’s suffered an injury that will stop her from training for a little bit.

On Tuesday, VanZant took to social media to talk about the gruesome contusion she suffered after simply dropping a bottle of conditioner in the shower.

“I am one of those people, who when I drop something I immediately try to catch it with my foot. I’ve known that it's a problem,” she said on her Instagram story.

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“Today, I was in my closet [and] dropped my phone. I quickly go and try to catch it with my foot to try to get it to not shatter on the ground. I was like, ‘Oh, that kind of hurt. I shouldn’t do that.'

“Five minutes later, I’m in the shower and I drop my brand new, giant conditioner. Instinct, I go and try to catch it with my foot, so it doesn’t break all over the ground.

“Just wait until you see what my conditioner bottle did to my foot.”

VanZant shared a picture of her badly swollen foot in the next slide.

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The 29-year-old doesn't think her foot is broken, even though it appears the former MMA prospect didn’t go to the hospital to get it checked over.

VanZant added: "I don’t understand how a conditioner bottle can do that to a foot.

“I don’t think it’s broken. I think I just have so much scar tissue and trauma in my feet that it swelled up like crazy.

“I mean, it definitely hurts but I’ve broken my feet before and it doesn’t feel broken. But it’s very, very fat.”

VanZant hasn’t fought since being outpointed by Rachael Ostovich, whom she beat in the UFC, at BKFC 19 in July 2021.

’12 Gauge’ was due to return in August 2022 but her fight with Charisa Sigala in London was cancelled.

It's currently unclear when or if she will return, but BKFC president Dave Feldman insists the door remains open for VanZant to fight on one of his shows.

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