“The Karate Hottie” Michelle Waterson has revealed she believes switching to southpaw threw VanZant off-guard and screwed with her head.

Waterson picked up the biggest win of her career tonight when she competed in the main event of UFC on Fox 22, defeating Paige VanZant in round 1 with a rear-naked-choke. “The Karate Hottie” revealed at the UFC post-fight press conference “I think that me switching to southpaw really threw her off guard. She kind of looked at me and was like ‘Hold up that’s not what we were getting ready for’. So it just kind of screwed with her head and that was our game plan from the beginning. Just stop her momentum, and going southpaw did exactly that”.

She revealed more about her gameplan “She’s a great scrambler, she’s showed it in all her fights. She can scramble out of submissions so we really worked hard on our Jiu-Jitsu and chain submissions. Just making sure not to get frustrated through her scrambles and when she scrambles out of it either get a better position or scrambling into a new submission. Then if none of those worked getting back up, not wasting anytime just in the neutral position“.

When asked if she felt VanZant go unconscious, Waterson reveals “I did not”. However, she has nothing but respect for the former Dancing With The Stars contestant “I’ve always had respect for her, anybody who steps into the cage and you know they are getting ready to throw down with you, you need to have respect for”.



This win is huge for “The Karate Hottie” and is no doubt going to launch her into stardom during 2017. She trains at the Jackson Wink MMA Academy with fellow top stars Jon Jones, Holly Holm, John Dodson, Alistair Overeem and many more.

Meanwhile, Paige VanZant could be set to join the WWE. She recently revealed she has plans to go to the WWE once her UFC run is over. At the post-fight press conference she revealed she has a lot of offers and will be considering them.

Earlier this week a feature length documentary was released “Michelle Waterson: Fight Mom”. The documentary shows how Waterson balances life as a wife, a mother and a professional mixed martial artist who competes at the highest level of the sport with a spot on the UFC roster. It isn’t always easy for her, but Waterson always finds a way to prevail. Waterson’s documentary reveals how she met her husband, how she got into the sport, and her rise to Invicta FC atomweight champion and now a UFC superstar. Click HERE to watch the feature film in full.

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