Paige VanZant fails to make bare-knuckle boxing rankings ahead of return

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Paige VanZant has failed to make the bare-knuckle boxing rankings after losing her first two fights in the sport.

The former UFC star made her debut in February last year after leaving the top MMA promotion. But she lost an unanimous decision to boxer Britain Hart before making her way back to the squared circle to face Rachael Ostovich in a rematch of their UFC bout from two years prior.

However, VanZant couldn't replicate the success of her first bout with Ostovich and lost another unanimous decision, which led her to contemplate quitting the sport. But she has vowed to return, and is expected to do so this summer with a touted July 9 card in London seemingly her next step.

And she'll need to win that return fight if she is to have any chance of making the new Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship rankings. She lost out on making the top five at flyweight to Hart, who is ranked No.1, as well as Ostovich, who is No.3 after her sole win in the sport. The rest of the line-up includes No.2-ranked Taylor Starling, No.4 Jenny Savage and former UFC star Pearl Gonzalez at No.5.