Pesos Dobles

Here is a clip of the finish. Really rare and spectacular flying kick KO. http://i.imgur.com/kut7L9o.gifv

If anybody wants to see Paige at her day job, she is fighting Saturday night at 8 pm EST against Bec Rawlings on FOX. Those who have never seen her fight will be surprised. She smiles more than any other fighter and is probably more aggressive than any other fighter. Dancing and cage fighting. Welcome to 2016.

As a longtime fan of both DWTS and the UFC, I want to shed some light on Paige's athletic background. I know many here are not fans of fighting. But Paige is one of those "only in 2016" stories that shatters a lot of stereotypes about women and dancers. Most UFC fighters don't even begin training MMA (cage fighting) until they already have years of martial arts experience. Ronda Rousey, for example, was an Olympian in Judo. Paige jumped straight from dancing/cheerleading into cage fighting. Within two years, she was the youngest fighter in the UFC. To put that into context, imagine Witney leaving DWTS for soccer and making the Women's World Cup in 2019. It's a really unique transition. Paige's fighting style is almost the opposite of her image as a pretty dancer. What she lacks in technique and experience, she makes up for in pure toughness. She has inhuman pain tolerance, is constantly aggressive and truly loves to fight. She doesn't come into the ring with an intense face or mean-mugging like her peers-- she is smiling like the happiest girl in the world. She really won over UFC fans in her last fight, which was her only loss. Her opponent (another beautiful badass named Rose Namajunas) outclassed her and beat her bloody. But Paige never stopped coming and didn't quit even as her arm was almost snapped in half. After the fight, the two embraced, and Rose actually appeared in one of Paige's DWTS packages this week wishing her well. These women are respectful athletes. (Well, except for Ronda). Sorry for the long-winded explanation, but I just think it's really cool that a gorgeous dancer is excelling in a brutal sport because of her toughness. It says a lot about the sport of dancing and the athleticism and mental strength that it requires to succeed.