Paige VanZant glad she took life-changing gamble to join OnlyFans
Paige VanZant is glad she took a huge risk by going against her former managers' advice to join OnlyFans because it completely changed her life
Paige VanZant is glad she took a huge risk by joining OnlyFans because it completely changed her life.
The 29-year-old star spent six years as an MMA fighter before launching a page on the saucy site in 2020, and she's now admitted she went against her former managers' advice to join the platform after she was warned she could potentially ruin her career and be left destitute.
In an interview with MMA Fighting, she explained: "I had prior managers that were like: ‘No, no, no, you have to stay away, you’ll lose all your sponsors and no one will ever want to work with you'."
She went on to sign with a new manager who saw the potential of OnlyFans and Paige realised the gamble had paid off within an hour of the page's launch.
Paige added: "I launched it right before my first BKFC fight. I’m in the car on the way from the press conference back to my hotel, and I logged in, and it had only been live for an hour and I was seeing the subscribers going up, and I think I had 52,000 subscribers at one point.
"I was showing my husband, and I was like: ‘Oh my word!’ That moment driving back, I was of course extremely excited to fight, but I was like our lives just changed forever.
"I was like: ‘This is OK, this is going to work out. All the risks are worth it. If I never work with another sponsor again, we’re going to be fine'."
It comes after Paige previously revealed she made more money from OnlyFans in 24 hours than she did during her entire UFC career.
During an appearance on Barstools Sports podcast 'Only Stans', she explained: "OnlyFans has definitely been my largest source of income. I would say combined, in my fighting career. I think I made more money in 24 hours on OnlyFans than I had in my entire fighting career combined."
She added: "I would say when I made the switch to - there’s a lot of stuff I’ve done in my career. I’ve been really fortunate in my career. Even outside of the UFC and out of fighting has been pretty successful. I’ve worked pretty hard in other industries and trying to cross over, I guess [to] a more mainstream personality."
