Paige VanZant was a star within the UFC, however she says her MMA-fighter husband’s debut win with the promotion was sweeter than any second she had within the Octagon!

TMZ Sports activities talked to VanZant about hubby Austin Vanderford‘s UFC Struggle Evening 252 win towards Nikolay Veretennikov by second-round TKO … a struggle AV took on lower than one week’s discover.

Wifey could not be prouder.

“It virtually felt extra particular than any of my wins. Simply seeing him in that second. He is my greatest buddy. Seeing him lastly make the stroll was unbelievable,” PVZ advised us.

Dana White‘s promotion signed the then 34-year-old, 12-2 fighter (Austin’s now 13-2 as a professional) final week … only a few days earlier than the occasion.

The query is, will Vanderford struggle within the UFC once more?

“Oh for certain, yeah. Now that he is in, he is within the UFC, it is simply enjoying that sport of who they need him to be matched up with and going from there,” Paige defined.

Austin is not taking any day without work, both … he is jumped proper again into coaching, serving to VanZant prepare for her large PowerSlap match in early March.

“We acquired dwelling from the struggle and I am making ready for PowerSlap, and he is been coaching with me for this complete week, and all of the coaches are like, ‘Hey, you want to take just a few days off,'” Paige stated.

“However he is like, ‘No, if I get one other brief discover [fight] I gotta be prepared at any second.'”

Within the meantime, Paige, 1-0-1 in Slap, is simply days away from her contest with 1-0 Mikael-Michelle Brown, taking place on March 7 at PowerSlap12 in Sin Metropolis … on the Quinones vs. Bordeaux 2 card.