vanzant ent to bareknuckle to show she was tuff enough to play in MMA and improve her rep as a woman with a hot body but only so=so fight ability.. In other words to do what Holly Holm did with great success and flair.
I admire her (or anyone) for stepping in the cage for real, and trying bare-minimum padding in fistfighting.So she is maybe 10,000 time tougher and braver than close to 100% of women, and she is hot looking and a lovely person from everything I can tell.
She is also smart- she has gotten several side businesses going and it making lots n lotsof $$$.
Vanzant hasn't been the greatest fighter, but she is a real winner.